Opportunities for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing
Overview
The opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT are unmatched by any university in the world. As the home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), RIT offers a wide array future-focused academic programs and unparalleled access and support services for deaf and hard-of hearing students.
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1st
College of Its Kind
NTID is the first and largest technological college in the world for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
1.1k
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
The number of deaf and hard-of hearing students who come to campus every year from around the United States and the world.
90%
Receive Financial Assistance
of full-time undergraduate deaf and hard-of-hearing students
Support and Access Services
NTID provides interpreting, notetaking, and real-time captioning services to the RIT community. Access services enable more than 650 deaf and hard-of-hearing RIT students to register and fully participate in roughly 23,000 credit hours annually in more than 200 highly competitive academic programs. Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing students alike use access services to communicate with each other in a variety of extra-curricular activities associated with student clubs and organizations, entertainment and sports events, and RIT programs and services.
Costs and Financial Aid

Because RIT/NTID receives special federal support, deaf and hard-of-hearing students enrolled in any undergraduate degree program pay less than one-half of RIT’s regular tuition. The reduced tuition rate also applies for students enrolled in the ASL-English Interpretation program. Deaf and hard-of-hearing students enrolled in graduate degree programs also pay a reduced tuition rate. This also applies to hearing students enrolled in the Master of Science program in Secondary Education of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. At RIT/NTID, we pride ourselves on making a great education truly affordable.
Contact and Connect
Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Hall
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York 14623-5604
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8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.