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RPI total enrollment is approximately 7,291 students. 6,215 are undergraduates and 1,076 are graduate students.
Male/Female Breakdown of Undergraduates
The full-time RPI undergraduate population is made up of 30.7% women, and 69.3% men.
For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.
RPI Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates
| Race/Ethnicity | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White | 2,646 | 42.6% |
| Asian | 1,318 | 21.2% |
| Hispanic | 727 | 11.7% |
| International | 568 | 9.1% |
| Multi-Ethnic | 332 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 320 | 5.2% |
| Unknown | 301 | 4.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.0% |
See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.
Male/Female Breakdown of Graduate Students
About 33.5% of full-time grad students are women, and 66.5% men.
For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.
RPI Racial-Ethnic Breakdown of Graduate Students
| Race/Ethnicity | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| International | 488 | 45.4% |
| White | 373 | 34.7% |
| Asian | 81 | 7.5% |
| Multi-Ethnic | 39 | 3.6% |
| Hispanic | 38 | 3.5% |
| Unknown | 29 | 2.7% |
| Black or African American | 27 | 2.5% |
See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White | 3,019 | 41.4% |
| Asian | 1,399 | 19.2% |
| International | 1,056 | 14.5% |
| Hispanic | 765 | 10.5% |
| Multi-Ethnic | 371 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 347 | 4.8% |
| Unknown | 330 | 4.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.0% |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty racial/ethnic demographics (share of instructional staff):
| Ethnicity | Percent of Faculty |
|---|---|
| White | 57.3% |
| Asian | 32.4% |
| Hispanic | 4.4% |
| Black or African American | 4.2% |
| Unknown | 1.7% |
This school is more popular with men than with women.
There are approximately 2,271 female students and 5,020 male students at RPI.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty gender breakdown (share of instructional staff):
The undergraduate student body is split among 40 states (may include Washington D.C.). Click on the map for more detail.
| State | Amount | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 484 | 39.0% |
| Massachusetts | 143 | 11.5% |
| New Jersey | 134 | 10.8% |
| Connecticut | 112 | 9.0% |
| California | 60 | 4.8% |
RPI hosts approximately 14.5% international (nonresident) students, contributing to the multicultural environment of the campus.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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