General Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What traits are you looking for in a architecture school? To help you decide if Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's architecture program.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in architecture from RPI.

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

RPI General Architecture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture
• Master’s Degree in Architecture

RPI General Architecture Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks architecture programs across the country. The following shows how RPI performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The architecture major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Architecture. 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
Best General Architecture Schools	12
Best Value General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools	37

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in architecture from RPI. This makes it the #45 most popular school for architecture master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in architecture, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of RPI Architecture Graduates

The median salary of architecture students who receive their bachelor's degree at RPI is $52,282. This is 13% higher than $46,312, which is the national average for all architecture bachelor's degree recipients.

Architecture Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI General Architecture Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 architecture students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from RPI, about 36% were men and 64% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its architecture 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	27
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

RPI General Architecture Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in architecture from RPI. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Architecture (Other)
• Architectural Sciences & Technology

Careers That Architecture Grads May Go Into

A degree in architecture 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Architecture Professors	970	$135,190

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.