General Materials Engineering is a concentration offered under the materials engineering major at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in materials processing and manufacturing, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at RPI paid an average of $2,320 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $55,600 | $55,600 |
Fees | $1,412 | $1,412 |
Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,954 | $15,954 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,608 | $1,608 |
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RPI does not offer an online option for its materials processing and manufacturing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RPI Online Learning page.
Women made up around 42.3% of the materials processing and manufacturing students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35.2%.
Around 30.8% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor’s degree recipients at RPI in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 11 |
International Students | 7 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.