by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute took the #210 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in New York, RPI came in at #12.
RPI was ranked #87 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. Because of its high ranking, RPI won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New York, RPI came in at #8.
Women make up 32.8% of the total graduate student body at RPI while men make you 67.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 16.9% of the graduate student population at RPI. RPI is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 43.1% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $57,100 | $57,100 |
| Fees | $2,926 | $2,926 |
Master's degree recipients from RPI earn an average salary of $80,297 during the early years of their career. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 37% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Contact details for RPI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 110 8Th St, Troy, NY 12180-3590 |
| Phone: | 518-276-6000 |
| Website: | www.rpi.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/RPI.EDU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/rpinews |
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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