Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from RPI.

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

RPI Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Doctorate Degree in Civil Eng

RPI Civil Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil eng 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 civil eng major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	20
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
	46

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from RPI. This makes it the #72 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #86 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of RPI Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at RPI is $67,648. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The civil eng program at RPI awarded 62 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 63% of these degrees went to men with the other 37% going to women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at RPI since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng 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 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its civil 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	39
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

RPI Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 22 civil eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from RPI, about 64% were men and 36% were women.

Of the students who received a civil eng master's degree from RPI, 64% 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RPI also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil 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
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Environmental Engineers	3,100	$90,470
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010

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.