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STEM Pathways

Find Your STEM Path

Sports Analytics

Use statistics and data to understand performance, fans, and the business of sports.

Skills

  • Statistics
  • Probability
  • Excel
  • Data visualization
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Storytelling with data
  • Performance analysis

Example careers

  • Sports data analyst
  • Business intelligence analyst
  • Performance analyst
  • Data scientist
  • Sports operations analyst
  • Fan-engagement analyst

Student projects

  • Performance dashboard
  • Player/team data visualization
  • Attendance analysis
  • Sports-business case
  • Predictive modeling with approved datasets
  1. Learn
  2. Build
  3. Demonstrate
  4. Earn
  5. Connect
  6. Advance

Safety Intelligence

The ethical use of data, technology, communication, environmental information, and community insight to improve safety and preparedness.

Safety Intelligence focuses on places, systems, and preparedness — never on surveillance of individuals.

Skills

  • GIS
  • Data analysis
  • Sensors
  • Cybersecurity awareness
  • Risk mapping
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Project planning
  • Communications

Example careers

  • GIS technician
  • Emergency-management specialist
  • Safety analyst
  • Cybersecurity specialist
  • Infrastructure technician
  • Environmental safety professional
  • Public-safety technology specialist

Student projects

  • Community preparedness map
  • Environmental hazard analysis
  • Emergency communication plan
  1. Learn
  2. Build
  3. Demonstrate
  4. Earn
  5. Connect
  6. Advance

Data Analytics

Turn raw information into decisions for businesses, programs, and communities.

Skills

  • Excel
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Dashboards
  • Statistics
  • Data cleaning
  • Visualization
  • Business analysis

Example careers

  • Data analyst
  • BI analyst
  • Operations analyst
  • Financial analyst
  • Program analyst
  • Research analyst

Student projects

  • Community data dashboard
  • Survey analysis
  • Program attendance report
  1. Learn
  2. Build
  3. Demonstrate
  4. Earn
  5. Connect
  6. Advance

Digital Marketing

Reach and grow audiences with content, campaigns, and analytics.

Skills

  • Content strategy
  • Audience analytics
  • Social media
  • Digital campaigns
  • CRM
  • SEO
  • Email marketing
  • Design
  • Conversion analytics

Example careers

  • Digital marketing specialist
  • Content strategist
  • CRM specialist
  • Marketing analyst
  • Social media specialist
  • Growth marketer

Student projects

  • Campaign for a local business
  • Event promotion plan
  • Social analytics report
  1. Learn
  2. Build
  3. Demonstrate
  4. Earn
  5. Connect
  6. Advance

Project Management

Lead teams and deliver results on scope, schedule, and budget.

Skills

  • Scope
  • Schedule
  • Budget
  • Stakeholder management
  • Risk
  • Communications
  • Quality
  • Resource management
  • Reporting

Example careers

  • Project coordinator
  • Project manager
  • Program manager
  • Implementation specialist
  • Operations manager
  • Product operations specialist

Student projects

  • Plan a League event
  • Community project charter
  • Team sprint retrospective
  1. Learn
  2. Build
  3. Demonstrate
  4. Earn
  5. Connect
  6. Advance

The STEM Pipeline

Start Early. Keep Advancing.

Elementary School

RCIT STEM League

CuriositySTEM confidenceMathematicsTeamworkDataProjectsCompetitionEarly career exposure
Advance to Middle School

Middle School

RCIT Scholars Program

Participating elementary students can become eligible for a middle-school Scholars pathway.

STEM enrichmentMentorshipAcademic developmentCareer explorationCampus/community experiencesProjectsLeadership developmentScholarship-readiness
Advance to High School

High School

RCIT Leadership & Workforce Innovation Program

Middle-school participants can become eligible for an advanced high-school leadership pathway.

LeadershipProject managementDataSafety intelligenceEntrepreneurshipDigital marketingSTEM projectsInternshipsWorkforce exposureCollege/career prepCommunity innovation
Advance to College, Credentials, Entrepreneurship & Employment

Next Opportunity

Eligible for consideration

STEM scholarshipsMicrograntsProject grantsCompetition fundingInternshipsApprenticeshipsEmploymentMentorshipCollege opportunitiesCredentialsEntrepreneurial support

Funding and placements are competitive. Not every participant will receive a scholarship, grant, or placement.

Community Workforce Partners

From STEM Experience to Real Work

RCIT partners with employers and community organizations to create direct exposure, skills development, work-based learning, and pathways toward employment where eligibility and openings align.

Partner-Dependent

Rejuvenate Fitness

Community workforce and career-exposure partner

  • Sports and wellness operations
  • Business operations
  • Digital marketing
  • Customer/member analytics
  • Project coordination
  • Fitness technology
  • Community engagement
Explore Rejuvenate Fitness Pathways
Partner-Dependent

Rejuvenate Safety Patrol

Community workforce and career-exposure partner

  • Safety Intelligence
  • Community safety operations
  • Project management
  • Communications
  • Data collection
  • Technology-enabled safety
  • Workforce-readiness experiences
Explore Safety Intelligence Careers

Participation does not guarantee employment.

ProposedInternal

RCIT Student Project Microgrant (sample)

Provider
RCIT
Value
Amount TBA
Deadline
TBA
Pathway
Any
Eligibility
League participants with an approved project
Express Interest
Partner-DependentInternal

Competition Travel Support (sample)

Provider
RCIT + partners
Value
Varies
Deadline
TBA
Pathway
Any
Eligibility
Qualifying teams — eligible for consideration
Express Interest
Eligible OpportunityExternal

External STEM Scholarship Listing (sample)

Provider
Third-party provider
Value
Set by provider
Deadline
See provider
Pathway
Data Analytics
Eligibility
Set by provider
Get Application Info
Subject to SelectionExternal

Summer Internship Exposure (sample)

Provider
Community workforce partner
Value
Work-based learning
Deadline
TBA
Pathway
Project Management
Eligibility
High school, age 16+ — subject to openings
Get Application Info
ProposedInternal

Credential Funding Assistance (sample)

Provider
RCIT
Value
TBA
Deadline
TBA
Pathway
Safety Intelligence
Eligibility
High school & college participants
Express Interest
Partner-DependentInternal

Transportation Assistance (sample)

Provider
RCIT + sites
Value
Event transportation
Deadline
Rolling
Pathway
Any
Eligibility
Sites with demonstrated need
Express Interest

Sample listings. RCIT only awards funds it directly controls; external opportunities are awarded by their providers.