Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MS in Engineering

116 Master's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Engineering from RPI Cost?

$58,325 Average Tuition and Fees

RPI Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at RPI paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$55,600	$55,600
Fees	$2,725	$2,725

Does RPI Offer an Online MS in Engineering?

RPI does not offer an online option for its engineering master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RPI Online Learning page.

RPI Master’s Student Diversity for Engineering

116 Master's Degrees Awarded

37.9% Women

26.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 116 students received their master’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 37.9% of the engineering students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 26.7% of the engineering master’s degrees at RPI in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	61
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

MS in Engineering Focus Areas at RPI

Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	11
Biomedical Engineering	14
Chemical Engineering	3
Civil Engineering	16
Electrical Engineering	17

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.