Materials Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What traits are you looking for in a materials engineering school? To help you decide if Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's materials engineering program.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 25 of them were materials engineering majors.

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

RPI Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Materials Engineering

RPI Materials Engineering Rankings

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

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 materials engineering major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Materials 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
Most Focused Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools	91

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from RPI. This makes it the #60 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of RPI Materials Engineering Graduates

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at RPI is $67,716. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials 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 materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

RPI Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a master's degree in Materials Engineering from RPI in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 17% 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 materials engineering.

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

RPI also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That Materials Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials 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
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Materials Engineers	1,020	$100,880

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.