Business, Management & Marketing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Every business, management and marketing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business, management and marketing program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute stacks up to those at other schools.

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, 64 of them were business, management and marketing majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

RPI Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Doctorate Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

RPI Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

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

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 business, management and marketing major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business, Management & Marketing. 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 Business, Management & Marketing Schools	242
Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools	970
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,611
Most Focused Business, Management & Marketing Schools	2,176

In 2021, 114 students received their master’s degree in business, management and marketing from RPI. This makes it the #408 most popular school for business, management and marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in business, management and marketing, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Business, Management & Marketing from RPI in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business, management and marketing at RPI are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	34
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

RPI Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

Of the 114 students who graduated with a master’s in business, management and marketing from RPI in 2021, 49% were men and 51% 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 business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	36
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

RPI also has a doctoral program available in business, management and marketing. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

Business, Management & Marketing 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
Business Administration & Management	92
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	88
Entrepreneurial Studies	2

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and marketing 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
Office Clerks	189,360	$35,410
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	178,520	$41,190
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Customer Service Representatives	159,010	$40,830
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770

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.