Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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How Well Is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ranked?

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2023 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was awarded 387 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is architecture (other).

Overall Quality

RPI landed the #62 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when RPI held the #65 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 143 colleges in New York, RPI is ranked at #6.

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How Much Money Do RPI Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from RPI with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $93,416 in their early years. That's great news for RPI students since it is 120% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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