- The Inkwell
- New York
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NYCity: smallZIP 12180Founded 1824
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1824
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: very high research activity (R1)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.rpi.edu
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private nonprofit university in Troy, New York, with 5,714 undergraduates. It admits 64% of applicants, graduates 80% within six years and costs $32,758 a year after aid.
80%graduate
Admission rate64%
Retention91%
4-year graduation68%
Pell Grant share22%
Federal loans52%
$32,758net price / year
64%admission rate
1456average SAT
80%graduate in 6 years
$113,011median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,250median debt
#27 of 1,704 for earnings#1,538 of 1,739 for lowest net price#184 of 1,738 for graduation rate#432 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $85,291tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $66,032
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $66,032
- Average net price
- $32,758national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$25,140
$30,001–48,000$25,313
$48,001–75,000$31,222
$75,001–110,000$33,659
$110,001+$35,346
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 64%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1456
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 670–740
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 705–770
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 30–34
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college64%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college91%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college80%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college22%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 80%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 68%
- First-year retention
- 91%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 84%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $89,223
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $113,011middle 50%: $82,326–$154,591
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$154,591
Median, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$113,011
Lower quarter$82,326
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 5,714
- Part-time
- 0.9%
- Women / men
- 31% / 69%
- Average age at entry
- 19.6
- First-generation students
- 14%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 89%
- Average faculty salary
- $13,820 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $20,696
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,000,295,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White45%
Hispanic11%
Black5.0%
Asian22%
Two or more races5.5%
U.S. nonresident7.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown4.9%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering42%
Computer & information sciences23%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.0%
Architecture4.7%
Mathematics & statistics4.5%
Physical sciences4.3%
Business & management4.2%
Engineering technologies3.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 194824. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q49211.