RIT Corporate Sponsorship | Company | Admissions and Aid

A smart way to grow talent from within.

Advance your team–and your company–with professional development by faculty experts with industry experience. Your employees will learn the latest trends, explore futuristic tech, and forecast tomorrow’s next big ideas (and your company will reap the benefits).

Dive into the benefits for your employee

Invest in Your Talent

RIT Provides the ‘PD’

Trust RIT to deliver on what we do best: graduate degrees with the latest in business, tech, research, project and product development–and more.

Your Company Thrives

Your employees can bring to your business what they learn in the classroom, keeping both the talent and ideas within your organization.

Flexible Scheduling

With part-time and online degree options, your employees don’t have to sacrifice big business hours to attend class.

Sponsor Your Student + Simplified Billing

Lock-in employee loyalty by sponsoring their grad degree. Through RIT’s Employer Sponsored Tuition Plan (ESTP), payments are due at the end of the term, streamlining tuition reimbursement for companies.

Join a Growing List of Professional Partners

Over 60 national and local companies have sponsored their employees in a range of RIT’s graduate programs.

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Adt
Advanced Atomization Technologies
Air Products & Chemicals Inc
Amcor PET Packaging
Ametek Power Instruments
Analog Devices, Inc.
Asml
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.
Assured Information Security
Axcelis Technologies Inc
Baldwin Richardson Foods
Bausch & Lomb Inc
Baxter Healthcare
BCC Software
Biogen Idec
Blue Cross Blue Shield of CNY
Bonduelle
BorgWarner Ithaca LLC
Bosch Security Systems
Boston Scientific/Scimed
Bridge Tower Media
Brighton Central School District
Brinkman International Group
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Brockport Auxiliary Services Corporation
Bryant & Stratton College
Butler Animal Health Supply
CACI Technologies Inc
Carestream Health Inc
Churchville-Chili School District
Cisco Systems
Clark Patterson Lee
Constellation Brands Inc
CooperVision Inc
Corning Incorporated (CCFL)
Crouse Health System Inc
Edwards Lifesciences
Garlock Sealing Technologies
General Motors
Genesee Regional Bank
Gleason Works
GlobalFoundries
Highland Hospital - URMC
ITT Inc.
L3Harris Technologies
Lockheed Martin
Merchants Insurance Group
Microsoft
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MKS Instruments
Moog Inc
MVP Healthcare
Optimax Systems Inc.
Paychex
PEKO Precision Products Inc
RELX Group
Rochester Regional Health System
Safran Federal Systems
Taylor Metalworks Inc.
Texas Instruments
Thorlabs, Inc.
Treality Svs, Llc
University of Rochester
W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Funding

How does funding work for companies and your employees?

Graduate students receive a minimum 30% tuition discount prior to the application of corporate HR funding, ensuring a high-quality RIT education remains affordable. Our online programs are already offered at a 43% discount.

RIT billing is due at the beginning of the semester. RIT Corporate Sponsorship understands that employers who sponsor employees for professional development often wait to reimburse students until grades are distributed at the end of the term. Your company may become certified for delayed billing (Employee Sponsored Tuition Plan), which defers payment to the end of the semester.

Step 1

Company: Confirm you will sponsor your employee for a minimum of $5,250 per year.
Employee: Gain admission to their desired RIT master’s or advanced certificate program.

Step 2

Company: See if you're already approved as an ESTP sponsor. If not, fill out this form.
Employee: Complete the ESTP Application for Payment Deferment and submit it to RIT’s Office of Student Financial Services. Only one form needs to be completed for the entire academic year.