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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · Private (nonprofit) · 5,714 students · mostly bachelor degrees
299th-cheapest of 328 New York colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$36,228
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$82,404
Graduation rate
84%
Admission rate
63%
Median graduate earnings
$102,051
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$23,750
Average SAT
1456
Median ACT
33
Pell grant recipients
20%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
131 programsComputer Science · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$200,027Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree250 grads/yr$141,528Computer Software Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree62 grads/yr$125,531Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$115,100Financial Mathematics · Master's Degree28 grads/yr$114,450Management Science · Master's Degree100 grads/yr$112,190Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$107,173Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree75 grads/yr$105,768Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree69 grads/yr$104,596Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$104,117Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree65 grads/yr$103,306Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree58 grads/yr$99,713Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree61 grads/yr$98,679Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$98,509Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree117 grads/yr$94,750Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree162 grads/yr$92,952Design and Visual Communications, General · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$87,358Nuclear Engineering · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$87,239Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$86,794Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Bachelor's Degree4 grads/yr$83,958Materials Engineering · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$82,947Physics, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$81,840Architectural Design · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$75,551
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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