Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students is 84.2%. Female students graduated at a rate of 87.8%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 82.5%.

84.2%

asian 88.4% 107 students
African American 86.5% 45 students
white 84.2% 648 students
unknown 70.6% 12 students
hispanic 76.9% 100 students
International Students 85.8% 145 students
Mixed Race 87.3% 103 students

Drop Out

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has an overall drop-out rate of 14.9% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 16.4% and 11.7% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

14.9%

asian 9.9% 12 students
African American 11.5% 6 students
white 15.2% 117 students
unknown 23.5% 4 students
hispanic 23.1% 30 students
International Students 11.8% 20 students
Mixed Race 12.7% 15 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.9%

asian 1.6% 2 students
white 0.7% 5 students
International Students 2.4% 4 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Science	$83,880	$92,277	$111,450
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	$76,042	$88,933	$99,954
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$72,826	$76,460	$88,913
Mathematics	$67,066	$63,005	$84,973
Industrial Engineering	$65,458	$77,213	$84,039
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$63,784	$67,101	$83,764
Physics	$42,448	$69,338	$79,810
Chemical Engineering	$66,991	$69,338	$78,506
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	$64,354	$69,140	$77,477
Nuclear Engineering	$70,021	$57,318	$76,878
Mechanical Engineering	$65,319	$66,798	$76,793
Materials Engineering	$67,716	$64,990	$76,580
Civil Engineering	$67,648	$68,047	$76,303
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$64,983	$69,338	$76,283
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$56,988	$65,821	$74,470
Architecture	$52,282	$52,316	$59,016
Design and Applied Arts	$46,471	$26,739	$52,961
Biology, General	NA	$46,478	$43,460
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	NA	$63,005	NA
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$78,367	$87,532	NA
Economics	NA	$68,790	NA
Psychology, General	NA	$31,305	NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$46,292	NA	NA
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	NA	$52,941	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Science	$112,746	$119,061	$127,865
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$71,265	$87,973	$94,503
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$71,333	$79,284	$93,665
Applied Mathematics	NA	$81,333	$90,716
Mechanical Engineering	$80,471	$81,702	$85,953
Civil Engineering	$65,895	$73,164	$77,708
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	NA	$69,338	NA
Computer and Information Sciences, General	NA	$88,198	NA
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	$80,073	$88,506	NA
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	NA	$71,854	NA

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