Sustainability Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in sustainability science from RPI.

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

RPI Sustainability Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability Science

RPI Sustainability Science Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sustainability science major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sustainability Science. 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 Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
	5
Best Value Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Focused Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62

Sustainability Science Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in sustainability science from RPI. About 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical sustainability science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at RPI since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sustainability science 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 sustainability science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Science, Technology & Society
• Cognitive Science

Careers That Sustainability Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability science 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
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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.