Graduate Programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Graduate School Overview

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (referred to as RPI) is a Private, 4 years school located in Troy, NY.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1927 - Current).

RPI Directory Information
School Name	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Address	110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180-3590
Phone	518-276-6000
Web	https://www.rpi.edu
Online Application	https://admissions.rpi.edu/undergraduate/admission/index.html
Financial Info	https://www.rpi.edu/dept/admissions/aid/index.html

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of RPI is $61,873 in average. The school has 1,066 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 6,968 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 143 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$61,873
Student Population	1,066
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	143 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at RPI is $61,873 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $2,440.

RPI offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$58,600
Required Fees	$3,073
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$2,440

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Not Offered
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $61,873. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.32% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$52,550	$2,890
2019-2020	$54,000	$2,708
2020-2021	$55,600	$2,725
2021-2022	$57,100	$2,926
2022-2023	$58,600	$3,073
2023-2024	$60,360	$1,513

The graduate school tuition & fees of RPI is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in New York. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the New York graduate tuition is $23,176 (public) / $25,848 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	$61,873
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
New York Graduate Schools	$21,016	$25,748
Public	$12,252	$23,176
Private	$25,848

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,210 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at RPI.

On-campus living costs are increased by 3.28% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,210.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$15,260	$1,608	-	-
2019-2020	$15,580	$1,608	-	-
2020-2021	$15,954	$1,608	-	-
2021-2022	$16,379	$1,608	-	-
2022-2023	$16,980	$1,620	-	-
2023-2024	$17,530	$1,680	$17,530	$1,680

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $2,448 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.33% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$2,190
2019-2020	$2,250
2020-2021	$2,320
2021-2022	$2,380
2022-2023	$2,440
2023-2024	$2,448

Graduate Programs at RPI

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers 93 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 505 students have completed their study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Offered Degrees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	54	371
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	37	132
Post Bachelor's Degree	2	2
Total	93	505

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Manufacturing Engineering program with 1 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Mechanical Engineering program with 39 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Mechanical Engineering program with 13 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	1	-
Management Science	✕	1	-

Popular Master's Programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Mechanical Engineering	✕	39	$76,900
Business Statistics	✕	36	-
Information Technology	✕	28	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	27	-
Computer Science	✕	26	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Materials Engineering	✕	12	-
Computer Science	✕	12	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	11	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	8	-

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers 93 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 505 students have completed their graduate studies.

371 students have earned/completed Master's program.
2 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Architecture	✕	5	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	8	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	1	-
Technical and Scientific Communication	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Information Technology	✕	28	-
Computer Science	✕	26	-
Engineering [+]	✕	156 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	27	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	21	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	12	-
Civil Engineering	✕	21	$69,800
Transportation and Highway Engineering	✕	2	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	19	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	-	-
Engineering Science	✕	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	-	-
Materials Engineering	✕	9	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	39	$76,900
Nuclear Engineering	✕	1	-
Systems Engineering	✕	4	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	1	-
Operations Research	✕	-	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	2	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	-	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	16	$76,600
Financial Mathematics	✕	20	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Science, Technology and Society	✕	-	-
Natural Sciences	✕	-	-
Cognitive Science	✕	2	-
Human Computer Interaction	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Philosophy	✕	-	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	✕	-	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	-	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	3	-
Economics (other)	✕	-	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	-	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	6	-
Business [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	24	$77,200
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	-	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	1	-
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)	✕	-	-
Business Statistics	✕	36	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	10	-
	Total	371

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Architecture	✕	-	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	6	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	12	-
Engineering [+]	✕	75 completers	-
Engineering	✕	-	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	7	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	7	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	11	-
Civil Engineering	✕	2	-
Transportation and Highway Engineering	✕	5	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	8	-
Engineering Mechanics	✕	-	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	-	-
Engineering Science	✕	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	1	-
Materials Engineering	✕	12	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	6	-
Systems Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	✕	-	-
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	7	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Science, Technology and Society	✕	-	-
Cognitive Science	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	-	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Social Sciences	✕	-	-
Economics (other)	✕	-	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	-
	Total	132

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business	✕	-	-
	Total	2

Graduate Student Population at RPI

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,066 students enrolled into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate schools where it has total 6,968 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,030 full-time and 36 part-time graduate students. By gender, 708 male and 358 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,066	708	358
Full-time	1,030	681	349
Part-tme	36	27	9

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 380 White (35.65%), 33 Black/African American (3.10%), 64 Hispanic (6.00%), 90 Asian (8.44%), and 499 students with other races. 442 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,066	708	358
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	90	42	48
Black/African American	33	26	7
Hispanic	64	35	29
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	380	252	128
Two More	42	32	10
Un-Known	14	9	5
Non-resident Alien	442	312	130

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 480 students are aged 20 to 24 (45.03% of total students), 4 students are aged above 50 (0.38%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,066	708	358
Age 20-21	59	31	28
Age 22-24	421	277	144
Age 25-29	424	292	132
Age 30-34	105	74	31
Age 35-39	28	19	9
Age 40-49	25	13	12
Age 50-64	4	2	2

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