Perceived Campus Safety at The Rochester Institute of Technology (StudentsReview ™)

Breakdown of “Perceived Campus Safety” at Rochester

By Gender

Males	A-
Females	A-

By Major

Accounting	B+
Aerospace Engineering	A
Art & Design Department	B+
Biology	B
Business - Management and Administration	B
Chemical Engineering	A+
Chemistry	B
Civil Engineering	A-
Communications	A-
Computer Engineering	A-
Computer Science	A-
Criminal	B
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc	A-
Economics	A
Electrical Engineering	A-
Engineering Department	A-
Finance	A
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc	A-
Industrial Design	B+
Industrial Operations Engineering	B+
Interior Design	B-
Journalism	A+
Language - French/Spanish/etc.	A-
Math	A
Mechanical Engineering	A-
Music Education	A+
Nutrition	A-
Other	B+
Physics	A
Political Science	A
PreMed and Medical	B-
PreVet and Veterinary	A-
Psychology	A-
Public Policy	B+
School of Information	A
Undecided	B
Video/Media	B

Against similar schools

Perceived Campus Safety compared with similar schools in class.

Rochester Institute of Technology
A-
Average of All Schools
B+
Average of schools in class
B+
Cornell University
A
Harvard University
B+
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B
New York University
B+
Syracuse University
B-
Brown University
B+
Yale University
B+
F
A+

Perceived Campus Safety

“... I'm a gay student who is "out of the closet" and RIT feels safe to me, both as a gay student and a student in general ...Read full comment

“... Speaking of parties, if you do manage to find one, usually in the colony manor or park point apartments, it will be mostly guys and will pro...Read full comment

“... The only annoying thing is public safety, their motto is "safety over convenience" so expect to deal with stupid regulations ...Read full comment

“... While even they have their required Safe Zone (means they have to give gay/les/bi/transgendered kids special treatment), most of them are on the ...Read full comment

“... Campus safety is there to give out parking tickets and tickets for anything else you might consider doing (riding a bike on the walk to class, e...Read full comment

“... There are plenty of on-campus parties and only a few actual get broken up by campus safety ...Read full comment

“... There are constant safety alerts for robbery/vandalism ...Read full comment

“... and yes people do drink here despite the campus safety lurking around at all hours of the night ...Read full comment

“... oh, wait a minute there's no alcohol allowed on campus (punishable by academic suspension, and parties with alcohol in the off campus apartments ...Read full comment

“... You'll learn which areas of Rochester to avoid, as some are notorious for high crime ...Read full comment

“... Plenty of things to do just off campus and a very safe area ...Read full comment

“... However, this being said, I highly advise those of you looking here with hearing impairments/deafness (I consider myself "deaf" with a "lowerc...Read full comment

“... Campus safety will certainly keep you safe ...Read full comment

“... There is a huge difference between the two schools, but I can safely say that RIT is better than the smaller school for the majority of the aspec...Read full comment

“... They brutally rape me, but the amount of knowledge I gained is immense ...Read full comment

“... All you could do is cling to the brick walls for warmth in the middle of the night while you waited for the fire trucks to come and tell you it ...Read full comment

“... The food is overpriced poison, and dealing with food services, facilities management, or campus safety is a nightmare ...Read full comment

“... Additionally, the tuition rises more than it should due to RIT buying things that do not even benefit the student, such as Segways for Public Sa...Read full comment

“... Rochester is a bit of a dreary town that people tend to dislike as well, but there is some cool stuff to explore, a couple clubs and whatnot-...Read full comment

“... Well after surviving two years there I can safely say yes ...Read full comment

“... To be honest the only reason I looked at this site is because I was looking to see if anyone else had heard about the rumor that campus safety w...Read full comment

“... First campus safety stopped letting us go to colony so we could only party on campus and then everyone in my dorm started to just stay inside and...Read full comment

“... They offer little to no safety ...Read full comment

“... No problem, work for RIT’s campus safety ...Read full comment

“... I like the safeness that is in the air and like too the snow under my shoes ...Read full comment