General Industrial Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Every general industrial engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general ie 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.

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

RPI General Industrial Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General IE

RPI General Industrial Engineering Rankings

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

General IE Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI General Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of general ie bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general 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 general ie.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Careers That General IE Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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.