Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Kings Premium Universities

Located in New York State's historic capitol region, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's mission is to face the emerging challenges of the 21st century head on, 'to change lives, to advance society, and to change the world'. RPI students develop essential skills for rapidly developing industries including biotechnology, dig data analytics, cybersecurity and nanotechnology 'to address the urgent issues of today and the emerging issues of tomorrow'.

Key Facts

Rankings

#60 in National Universities according to US News & World Report 2024
#34 in Undergraduate Engineering programs
#84 in Business programs

Year founded

1824

School type

Private, Research University

Latest undergraduate enrollment

5,614

Latest graduate enrollment

1,160

Student-faculty ratio

13:1

Freshman acceptance rate

Average SAT/ ACT for freshman entry

SAT between 1360 and 1520 / ACT 32-34

Average GPA for freshman entry

3.91

International student population

Transfer GPA of Kings alumni

3.63 – 3.79

Employment/ job placement rate

85% employed or enrolled in graduate school within 6 months

Median starting salary of alumni

$70,782

Popular majors

Architecture, Business, Engineering, IT/ Web Science, General Science

Tuition and Room & Board

$58,600/$16,980

Website

www.rpi.edu

About the university

Different colleges/ schools within the university include Architecture, Business, Engineering, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, IT & Web Science, Science.

RPI hosts 32 different research centers on campus, including the Center for Earth Quake Engineering Simulation and the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation and the Environment
135 different undergraduate and graduate programs
More than 200 clubs and organizations on campus
Famous alumni include Claire M. Fraser, Genome Studies pioneer, Director of Institute for Genome Sciences at University of Maryland School of Medicine; Reid Hoffman, investor, entrepreneur and founder of LinkedIn; Steven J. Sasson, researcher at Eastman Kodak Co., inventor of the digital camera

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