You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Nuclear Engineering. RPI is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
RPI also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 7,501 students enrolled at RPI, 104 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,164. On top of their other funding sources, 59 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Veteran Student Life Report