Institute of technology

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Subscribe to watch more videos : https://goo.gl/q3GVRV =================================================== RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE REVIEW Rankings * #41 National Universities * #38 High School Counselor Rankings * #38 Best Value Schools * #33 Best Colleges for Veterans Notable Alumni * Curtis Priem (Computer scientist) * Garnet Baltimore (Engineer) * Marshall Brain (Author) * Truman H. Aldrich (Civil engineer) * Washington Roebling (Civil engineer) * Nariman Farvardin (President of the Stevens Institute of Technology) * Adam Oates (Ice hockey player) * Joé Juneau (Hockey player) Admissions * Very difficult to get in (37.5% acceptance rate) * One of the top average SAT scores (2092) * Highly competitive entering class (mostly 3.75 or above high school GPA) Cost & Aid * Extremely expensive tuition ($47,908) * Very high percent of freshmen receive grants (92%) Graduation Rate & Salary * Very high graduation rate (84% in 6 years) * Very high post-graduation median salary ($61,000) Academics * Wide program selection (68 undergraduate programs) * Most popular majors: Mechanical Engineering / Computer Science / Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Student Body & Faculty * Very large university (6,835 undergrad & grad students) * Very large undergrad population (5,618 students) * Mostly nonresident students: 76% nonresident (24% in-state) * Significantly male dominant school (70% male - 30% female) * Very high freshman GPA (3.2/4) * Relatively high student-faculty ratio (15:1) * Small class sizes (mostly 10-19 students) Institution * Semester calendar * Private (Not-for-Profit) institution * President: Shirley Ann Jackson * Early decision school (November 1 deadline) * Institutional information: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy NY Locale * Locale type: small city * Slight chill summer temperature (70'F average) * Very cold winter (26'F average) Institutional * Degree Offering: RPI offers Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral, and Professional degrees. * Institution Size: Last year, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute enrolled 1,331 first-time degree-seeking undergraduates. This is 5.7% fewer students than the previous year's total enrollment figure of 1,411. * Enrollment Profile: A high percentage of RPI students are undergraduates. * First Year Housing: Full-time, first year RPI students are required to live on campus or in institutionally-controlled housing. * Undergraduate Instructional Program: A majority of RPI undergraduates study in professional fields such as business, engineering, architecture, public policy, or social work. * Graduate Instructional Program: RPI offers doctoral degrees in humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields. RPI also offers professional education in other fields such as business, engineering, architecture, public policy, or social work. Data Source NCES, Wikipedia, Wintergreen, NSF, OPE, Payscale, College Scorecard, American Community Survey, NOAA, BLS, Cappex, Dun & Bradstreet, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Architecture Program Websites, Medical school websites, Business School Websites, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Forbes, US News, Washington Monthly, and CWCU, StartClass.