<p>If you’re intending to go to grad school, it’s an obvious choice. You have a “hands-on, project-based” school (per cheezwhiz) on one hand, and a real research school on the other hand. Considering that grad school is all about research, it would be better to be exposed to that environment early on. RHIT appears to have some research going on, but there’s a reason why we separate these rankings into doctorate producing schools and all others – it’s just not the same.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t rank RHIT quite as low as 50s-60s as al6200 did but it really is not comparable to the top doctorate producing schools at all. Harvey Mudd and Olin might be though, but their success is also due to having very high caliber students.</p>