Enrollment: 304
Average GMAT: 598.00
GMAT Range (25-75%): 540-650
Average Undergrad GPA: 3.00
Regular Application Deadline: 08/01
Rolling Admission: Yes
School Type: Private
Average Age: 26.00
Average Work Experience (months): 51

Part Time Program: Yes
Evening Program: Yes
Executive MBA Program Offered: Yes
Total Faculty: 42

In-State Tuition: $30,174.00
Financial Aid Deadline: 08/01
Students Receiving Some Aid: 24%

Students Say - Academics
Rochester Institute of Technology is among the nation's top engineering/science schools, so it should come as no surprise that the RIT MBA "concentrates on both business and technology," with a "practical, rather than theoretical, structure and philosophy" that students find appealing. RIT's "blend of engineering and business for the MBA program" results in "course material that is highly applicable to existing industry issues," students tell us.
RIT's approach to getting students in and out of the program is every bit as practical as its approach to curriculum. One MBA reports, "The school has practices in place that allow you to get your degree more quickly. It recognizes undergraduate course work for waiving courses, for example, and it has programs in place where you can get your degree in 1 year (full-time). Also, the program is structured in a way that makes it easier for people who are working full-time to get their degree" by allowing them to place out of foundation courses through examination. Part-timers tell us the program "is very well structured to our needs. Almost all classes are in the evening (or at least offered in the evening), and because other students are in a similar situation, professors and teammates are used to being flexible with meeting times." The only impediment to total convenience, students tell us, is that required courses for concentrations aren't offered as frequently as they might be. "Many are only offered once a year, making it difficult to schedule them," warns one MBA.
RIT's MBA curriculum "heavily utilizes case studies, which is nice." A quarterly academic schedule "is fast, competitive, and very challenging," but students generally like the way it keeps the curriculum moving quickly forward. Students also appreciate "the heavy focus on technology" (RIT has "great facilities with first-rate technology" to support this focus) and "the almost endless possibilities to combine concentrations and classes." Entrepreneurship and market research earn students' approval; unique offerings here include environmentally sustainability management, software project management, and telecommunications.

Students Say - Admissions
Under RIT's quarterly calendar, "The general course load is three classes. Some people take four, but that makes it hard to really learn the stuff without getting overworked." Classes here "are generally taught at night (6:00 p.m. to 9:20 p.m.) once a week. Some courses are also taught during the daytime, and some are even offered online." The school's facility "has recently been extensively remodeled and is beautiful. It has a lot of glass on the front of the first floor, new computer labs, new wall coverings and flooring, and more solid oak trim." Students "meet before class and socialize in the lounge on the first floor or in the graduate student lounge on the second floor. Students also gather before class around the lounge chairs that are interspersed in the upstairs hallways and discuss course work." They also bond through "the many clubs that are available to all," although many are too busy with work and personal obligations to participate. Hometown Rochester "is a lot of fun" with "a great downtown life," although "The local weather is awful." Diversions include "skiing, bars, parks, casinos, and day trips" to Buffalo and Canada.
RIT students include a large number who come "straight from undergraduate programs, meaning they are not always able to contribute that much practical knowledge to class discussion." They are "smart, friendly, and motivated without being overly competitive."

Students Say - Campus Life
Under RIT's quarterly calendar, "The general course load is three classes. Some people take four, but that makes it hard to really learn the stuff without getting overworked." Classes here "are generally taught at night (6:00 p.m. to 9:20 p.m.) once a week. Some courses are also taught during the daytime, and some are even offered online." The school's facility "has recently been extensively remodeled and is beautiful. It has a lot of glass on the front of the first floor, new computer labs, new wall coverings and flooring, and more solid oak trim." Students "meet before class and socialize in the lounge on the first floor or in the graduate student lounge on the second floor. Students also gather before class around the lounge chairs that are interspersed in the upstairs hallways and discuss course work." They also bond through "the many clubs that are available to all," although many are too busy with work and personal obligations to participate. Hometown Rochester "is a lot of fun" with "a great downtown life," although "The local weather is awful." Diversions include "skiing, bars, parks, casinos, and day trips" to Buffalo and Canada.
RIT students include a large number who come "straight from undergraduate programs, meaning they are not always able to contribute that much practical knowledge to class discussion." They are "smart, friendly, and motivated without being overly competitive."

Students Say - Careers
RIT provides placement and counseling services through the university-wide Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services. Students tell us that their job searches are abetted by the school's great reputation; one MBA reports, "I am getting calls for jobs because I have RIT on my resume. I was hired for my current job by an RIT alum (didn't know it before the interview, though)." The alumni network is universally praised for its assistance during and after the program. Students are less uniform in their praise of the placement office, telling us that job fairs "are too heavily weighted toward tech and government employers looking for only one or two hires. Not enough companies [are] looking for business employees."
Employers who recently hired RIT MBAs include: Bausch & Lomb, Bose, Capital One Financial Services, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, Danka Office Imaging Company, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Eastman Kodak, Fluor, Frontier Corporation, General Electric Company, Global Crossing, Heidelberg Digital, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Paychex, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Proctor & Gamble, Prudential Securities, RCN Telecom Services, and Xerox.

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