Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying engineering, 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 approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year.

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

RPI Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

RPI Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 57 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #64 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Engineering Bachelor’s Program

33% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at RPI since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at RPI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	86
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	314
International Students	69
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

RPI Engineering Master’s Program

41% Women

41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	56
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	289
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	138
Electrical Engineering	131
Biomedical Engineering	130
Chemical Engineering	97
Civil Engineering	88
Industrial Engineering	57
Materials Engineering	37
Nuclear Engineering	23
Environmental Engineering	17
Systems Engineering	6

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

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
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