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Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501.

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

RPI Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science

RPI Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 69
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 92
International Students 48
Other Races/Ethnicities 23

RPI Computer Science Master’s Program

16% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 84% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 18
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Software Applications Developers 52,640 $116,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers 27,070 $190,310
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Computer Programmers 15,380 $91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists 12,930 $79,200

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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