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#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#39 Best Value Schools
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#29 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#21 Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
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#35 Civil
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#29 Computer
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#31 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#24 Mechanical
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#24 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#77 Most Innovative Schools
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#270 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#79 Business Programs
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is ranked #50 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
63
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
89
Graduation and retention rank
58
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
83%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
93%
Social Mobility Rank
270
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
80%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
87%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
88%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
34
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
31
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
96.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
94%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
52.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
10%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
44
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1330-1500
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
64%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
69
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
115
Average alumni giving rate
10.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
