Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What traits are you looking for in a chem eng school? To help you decide if Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chem eng 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 Chemical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

RPI Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng
• Master’s Degree in Chem Eng

RPI Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemical 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chem eng 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 chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	27
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

RPI Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

Of the students who received a chem eng master's degree from RPI, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering 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
Chemical Engineering	97

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Chemical Engineers	860	$100,380

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.