Engineering Technologies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

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 Engineering Technologies section at the bottom of this page.

RPI Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech
• Master’s Degree in Engineering Tech

RPI Engineering Technologies Rankings

The engineering tech major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering tech, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	21
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

RPI Engineering Technologies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering tech master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

The following engineering tech concentations are available at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 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
Computer Engineering Technology	90

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	34,370	$44,350
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	22,890	$42,580
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	19,160	$59,780

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.