RIT Information Technology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
- Private nonprofit school
- Rochester, NY
- About 89 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
RIT information technology graduates earn more than graduates of most information technology programs nationally, $89,032 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,725. It is one of the higher-paying information technology degrees in New York.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all information technology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, RIT graduates earn more than the national figure and about $56,528 more than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York information technology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 53% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned slightly more in their first year than other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $30,250 against $27,000.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 3.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 19 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $56,152.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
36% of graduates (32 of 89) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the Rochester area are about 3% below the national average, so a $89,032 salary here buys what about $91,752 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to information technology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Project Management Specialists
$121,040Median pay in New York. 68,020 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer User Support Specialists
$72,560Median pay in New York. 39,100 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 39,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.
Computer and Information Systems Managers
$214,300Median pay in New York. 48,050 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 16% from 2025 to 2035, with about 53,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
$105,810Median pay in New York. 18,220 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 13,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About RIT
Information Technology ranks 3rd of 39 bachelor's programs at RIT by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Science ($94,611), Computer Engineering ($90,829), and Information Technology ($89,032).
Other information technology bachelor's programs near Rochester
Common questions
The median graduate earns $89,032 one year after graduating and $136,339 five years after. The median across information technology bachelor's programs in New York is $49,090.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 8th lowest of 10 information technology bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 30% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less.
Many leave. 36% (32 of 89) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the information technology program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024