engineering at RIT

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<p>My son and his friend attend RIT and also love it. The graduation rate is the same as other schools. It has a low 4 year graduation rate because of the Co-op program as Taxguy mentions above.</p>

<p>The info below is from FAFSA.</p>

<p>School Name ---- Graduation Rate ---- Retention Rate
RIT------------------ 64% --------------- 88% </p>

<p>This is from another source on the internet:
Graduation and Retention Rates:
•First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 88%
•4-Year Graduation Rate: 28%
•6-Year Graduation Rate: 66% (I assume this is for Master’s degrees)</p>

<p>This is from the President’s welcome address in 2010:
Also on the academic side, we implemented a University Studies Program for students who are undecided as to major and to help those who wish to change majors, and we completed a telephone survey of those students who left RIT in good academic standing to determine their reasons for leaving. As a result of these initiatives and many others that we have introduced over the past few years to improve student retention and graduation rates, we are finally beginning to see progress in this all-important area. In fact, 91.3% of all Freshmen entering in Fall 2009 are registered for the Fall 2010 quarter(a record high), and the 5-year graduation rate for the latest cohort has increased to 68.3%, indicating that the usual 6-year graduation rate for this cohort will exceed 70% (also a record high).</p>

<p>Also RIT is highly regarded where I work for it’s engineering students. I have talked to other major companies and they also had high regard for RIT Engineering students. Is it the best engineering school? Maybe not, but it is a very well run school and seems like the best value as it was the lowest tuition between RIT, Clarkson and RPI in New York.
So for engineering, I think it is the best choice in New York. I cannot speak for the other majors.</p>

<p>All I know is my son loves it there, is very happy and is getting great grades by working very hard. So that is all I need to know. :-)</p>

<p>For anyone thinking of RIT, I highly recommended attending the College and Careers weekend event. You and your child should know after that if RIT is for them. [RIT</a> College & Careers Homepage](<a href=“http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/careers/]RIT”>http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/careers/)</p>

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<p>6-year graduation rate is for bachelor’s degrees, as it is a reasonable approximation of overall graduation rate (those taking more than 6 years to graduate are very small in number).</p>

<p>What is missing from common graduation rate statistics is the percentage who graduate in four academic years’ worth of school attendance (e.g. eight semesters or twelve quarters), as opposed to four calendar years.</p>