A College for My Future
Thomas Scotchie
HISTORY
1829 Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and other Rochester community leaders founded the Athenaeum, an association “for the purpose of cultivating and promoting literature, science, and the arts.”
DESCRIPTION OF COLLEGE
The RIT student body consists of approximately 15,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students. Enrolled students represent all 50 states and more than 100 countries. There are 2,900 students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and 2,577 international students enrolled.
RIT Student Body
Undergraduate 15,006
Graduate 3,057
Male*12,104
Female*5,959
Fall 2014 Total 18,063
Faculty and Staff
Full-time Faculty 1,049
Part-time Faculty 19
Adjunct Faculty 489
Staff 2,246
Fall 2014 Total 3,803
DEGREES
Degrees Awarded
Associate, Diploma, Certificate158
Bachelor’s2,546
Advanced Certificates73
Master’s1,143
Doctorate29
2013-2014 Total3,949
APPLICATION MATERIALS
workcited
"Rochester Institute of Technology." Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester Institute of Technology., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2014. <http://www.rit.edu/>.