Rankings and Recognitions

• Ranked 117th in the “National Universities” category (2022)
• Ranked 12th among top schools' co-op or internship programs (2022)
• Ranked 52nd among “best value schools” (2022)
• Tied for 135th among “Best Colleges for Veterans” (2022)
• Ranked 81st for student excellence, a combination of ACT/SAT scores and percentage of first-year students who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class (2022)
• Ranked 100th for social mobility, which measured how well schools graduate students receiving federal Pell grants (2022)
• Ranked 57th among "most innovative schools" (2022)

• Listed in 2021 edition of The Best Value Colleges: 200 Schools with Exceptional ROI for Your Tuition Investment
• Listed in 2022’s Best 387 Colleges. Also appeared on several other lists within the edition, including:
  • Best Northeastern Universities;
  • Best Value Colleges, based on a combination of institutional and student survey data including academic rigor, affordability, and career outcomes for graduates;
  • Colleges That Create Futures, which are those that empower students to discover practical applications for their talents and interests through experiences that complement their classes and coursework; and
  • Green Colleges.
• RIT’s Saunders College of Business is ranked 17th in the “Top 50 Online MBA Programs” for 2021
• Ranked 36th in “The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2022 Edition” (12th consecutive year in the ranking)

• Ranked 155th among U.S. colleges in The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings, placing RIT among the top 25 percent of colleges and universities in nation.
• Engagement: Ranked No. 38 for engagement—how immersed students are in the academic experience, a result of survey responses on the difficulty of classes and the students’ likelihood to recommend RIT to their peers, among other indicators—placing RIT in the top 10 percent in the nation.
• Right choice! If you could start over, would you still choose this college? Of all the students surveyed, those at RIT were more likely than students at most other colleges to say they would choose it again.
• Inspiring! Does your college provide an environment where you feel you are surrounded by exceptional students? Students at RIT were more likely to feel inspired by their classmates than students at many other colleges.
• Worth the Cost! Do you think your college will be worth what you and your family are paying? Of all the students surveyed, those at RIT were more likely than those at many other schools to believe their experience was worth the investment.

U.S. News & World Report

• Ranked 56th out of more than 210 engineering colleges programs (Kate Gleason College of Engineering) (2022)
• Ranked 74th out of more than 514 undergraduate business programs (Saunders College of Business) (2022)
• Ranked 54th out of 538 undergraduate computer science programs (Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences) (2022)
  • Ranked 28th for cybersecurity, a new category this year (2022);
  • Ranked 6th in game design and development, also a new category (2022);

Forbes Magazine

• Ranked 66th — fourth best among universities — by Forbes magazine on its 2019 list of “America’s Best Midsize Employers”
• Listed in Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Best Colleges

Princeton Review

• Ranked fourth nationally for “Top 50 Game Design: Undergraduate category” (2022)

Animation Career Review

• Ranked 11th nationally in its 2020 animation school rankings

U.S. News & World Report

• Tied for 20th in the nation for “Best Online MBA Programs,” for the online executive MBA program offered by Saunders College of Business (2022)
• Tied for 51st in the nation for “Best Online Master’s in Computer Information Technology Programs,” for graduate programs offered by the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (2022)
• In the 74th-97th range for “Best Online Master’s in Engineering Programs,” for graduate programs offered by the Kate Gleason College of Engineering (2022)
• RIT graduate programs (2022):
  • engineering (66th)
  • computer science (68th)
  • fine arts (tied for 23rd)
  • photography (tied for 6th)
  • physician assistant (108th)
  • physics (tied at 69th)
• Saunders College of Business tied for 90th among the nation’s best graduate schools for business (2022)
• Saunders College of Business ranked 33rd for business analytics program (2022)
• Best Online Master’s in Business Programs, excluding MBA (125th-164th) (Saunders College of Business) (2022)

Princeton Review

• Ranked 12th nationally for “Top Schools for Video Game Design for 2020”— graduate programs

Times Higher Education/The Wall Street Journal

• The MBA program at Saunders College of Business has been ranked 54th among business colleges and universities around the world. (2019)

U.S. News & World Report

• Ranked 33rd among “best value schools” (2021)

Princeton Review

• Named among “Best Value Colleges for 2020.” Only 7 percent of four-year colleges qualify for the annual Princeton Review list.

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

• RIT ranks among the country’s best values in private colleges, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance 2018 edition. RIT ranked 91st on the list of private universities.

Money Magazine

• RIT is among the universities included in rankings by Money magazine’s: “727 Best Colleges for Your Money.”
• RIT also ranked on a specialty list: “The 50 Colleges that Add the Most Value.”