General Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying general civil 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 General Civil Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

RPI General Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Civil Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Civil Engineering

RPI General Civil Engineering Rankings

The general civil engineering major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in general civil engineering, making the school the #92 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Civil Engineering Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of general civil engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical general civil engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at RPI since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering at RPI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	40
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RPI General Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of general civil engineering master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

In the general civil engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 31% 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 general civil engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Trasportation Engineering

Careers That General Civil Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general civil 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
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
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.