Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying medical illustration/medical illustrator, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158. In 2021, 13 medical illustration/medical illustrator majors received their bachelor's degree from RIT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator section at the bottom of this page.

RIT Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
• Master’s Degree in Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator

RIT Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks medical illustration/medical illustrator programs across the country. The following shows how RIT performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical illustration/medical illustrator major at RIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Medical Illustration Schools	1
Most Popular Medical Illustration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Medical Illustration Schools	2
Best Medical Illustration Master’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Medical Illustration Master’s Degree Schools	3
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Most Focused Medical Illustration Master’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Medical Illustration Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Medical Illustration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Medical Illustration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Medical Illustration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
	4
Best Medical Illustration Schools	7
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Best Value Medical Illustration Schools	8

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in medical illustration/medical illustrator from RIT. This makes it the #3 most popular school for medical illustration/medical illustrator master’s degree candidates in the country.

Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical illustration/medical illustrator majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator from RIT in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical illustration/medical illustrator at RIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in medical illustration/medical illustrator.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RIT Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of medical illustration/medical illustrator master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the medical illustration/medical illustrator master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a master's in medical illustration/medical illustrator.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RIT also has a doctoral program available in medical illustration/medical illustrator. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Medical Informatics

Careers That Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical illustration/medical illustrator can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.