Student Population at RPI

Total Enrollment

7,040

Undergraduate

5,741

Graduate

1,299

Online Enrollment

171

Men Students

4,834

Women Students

2,206

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 7,040 students have enrolled at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 5,741 undergraduate and 1,299 graduate.

By gender, 4,834 male and 2,206 female students are attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. By attendance status, there are 6,738 full-time students and 302 part-time students.

The number of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as University of Notre Dame and Washington University in St Louis, its population is very small (average population is 26,060).

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers online degree/certificate programs and 171 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares RPI's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York.

RPI has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 26,060 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York average (2,948 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	7,040	5,741	1,299
Similarly Ranked Schools	26,060	13,607	12,454
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York	2,948	2,336	1,430

The below chart compares the student population between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 4,834 male and 2,206 female students attending RPI. The male-to-female student ratio is 2.19 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at RPI.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at RPI
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,741	5,674	67
Men	3,950	3,898	52
Women	1,791	1,776	15

Population by Gender/Attending Status at RPI
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,299	1,064	235
Men	884	723	161
Women	415	341	74

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,062 White students (43.49%) and 1,335 Asian students (18.96%) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1	1
Asian	1,237	793	444
Black or African American	285	191	94
Hispanic	625	433	192
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	2,572	1,755	817
Two or More Races	315	211	104
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	283	210	73
Total	5,741	3,950	1,791

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	98	65	33
Black or African American	41	31	10
Hispanic	73	49	24
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	490	323	167
Two or More Races	43	30	13
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	36	26	10
Total	1,299	884	415

Online Student Population

At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 174 students (2.47% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 171 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 46 students live in New York where Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is located in and 123 students have enrolled from other states.