Architecture & Related Services at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you plan to study architecture and related services, take a look at what Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501. Of the 1,582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 57 of them were architecture and related services majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Architecture & Related Services section at the bottom of this page.

RPI Architecture & Related Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture & Related Services
• Master’s Degree in Architecture & Related Services

RPI Architecture & Related Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the architecture and related services progam at RPI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The architecture and related services major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Architecture & Related Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	8
	12
Most Popular Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Focused Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools	70
Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools	88

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in architecture and related services from RPI. This makes it the #101 most popular school for architecture and related services master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in architecture and related services, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Architecture & Related Services Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the architecture and related services majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students earned a bachelor's degree in architecture and related services from RPI. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 37% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its architecture and related services bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in architecture and related services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	28
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

RPI Architecture & Related Services Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Architecture & Related Services from RPI in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's in architecture and related services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RPI also has a doctoral program available in architecture and related services. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Architecture & Related Services

Architecture & Related Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Architecture	60
Architectural Sciences & Technology	9
Architecture (Other)	3

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Architecture & Related Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in architecture and related services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architects	11,620	$109,520
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	8,650	$112,580
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Architectural and Civil Drafters	5,730	$59,770
Real Estate Sales Agents	4,870	$116,460

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.