Industrial Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you plan to study industrial engineering, take a look at what Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501. Of the 1,582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 54 of them were industrial engineering majors.

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

RPI Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IE
• Master’s Degree in IE

RPI Industrial Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IE progam at RPI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IE major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Industrial 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
Best Industrial Engineering Schools	34
Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	47
Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in IE from RPI. This makes it the #77 most popular school for IE master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of RPI IE Graduates

The median salary of IE students who receive their bachelor's degree at RPI is $65,458. This is less than $66,838, which is the national average of all IE majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

IE Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in IE from RPI. About 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical IE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at RPI since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IE 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 IE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	26
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

RPI Industrial Engineering Master’s Program

The IE program at RPI awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going 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 IE.

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

RPI also has a doctoral program available in IE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in IE 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
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Industrial Production Managers	5,310	$132,480
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.