Is RIT test optional?

We haven't confirmed RIT's test policy for 2026–27. Check their admissions site; many colleges have changed their policy since 2020.

What is RIT's acceptance rate?

67% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 18,682 of 27,911 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 50%, from 18,598 in 2015 to 27,911 in 2024, and RIT's admit rate went from 57% to 67%.

What ACT score do you need for RIT?

8% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 30–34, with a median of 32. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1310–1440 works out to about 28–32.

Does applying early decision help at RIT?

73% of early decision applicants were admitted (1,028 of 1,405), against 67% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at RIT?

164 of the 657 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 25%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for RIT? (Middle 50%: 1310–1440)

First-year students at RIT who sent an SAT scored 1310–1440, with a median of 1380 (Common Data Set 2025–26). RIT admits 67% of applicants.

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Where your score lands at RIT

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1310–1440, median 1380

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RIT by the numbers

Admit rate: 67%
Middle 50% SAT: 1310–1440
Median SAT: 1380
About on the ACT: 28–32
Sent an SAT: 41%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

RIT admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 50%, from 18,598 in 2015 to 27,911 in 2024, and RIT's admit rate went from 57% to 67%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	27,911	18,682	67%
2023	24,269	17,328	71%
2022	23,976	16,105	67%
2021	21,923	15,645	71%
2020	21,928	16,196	74%
2019	19,744	13,964	71%
2018	19,335	12,765	66%
2017	20,451	11,599	57%
2016	19,824	10,889	55%
2015	18,598	10,652	57%

In fall 2024, 3,042 of the 18,682 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at RIT

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*

Under 1260Far reachHold
1260–1300ReachHold
1310–1370TargetHold
1380–1430TargetSend
1440 and upLikelySend

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

RIT SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	640	690	730
SAT Reading and Writing	650	690	730
SAT total	1310	1380	1440
ACT composite	30	32	34

Of enrolled first-year students, 41% sent an SAT and 8% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Top 10% of their class: 40%; of new students who reported a rank

RIT early decision and waitlist

Early decision

1,028 of 1,405 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision73%
All applicants67%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

2,155 applicants were offered a spot, 657 took it, and 164 were admitted from it.

25%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

RIT cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $34,906; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 70%
Median earnings: $76,571; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 16,545

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like RIT

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

Sources

RIT Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
RIT website
Rochester Institute of Technology

Updated Nov 9, 2026. Spot a number that's off? Email support@tryashore.com and we'll check it against the source.

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1310–1440, and the median was 1380. At 1380 or higher you're above half of them. RIT admits 67% of applicants.

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