Student Population at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
6,968	5,902	1,066

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,968 students have enrolled in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with 5,902 undergraduate and 1,066 graduate students.

By gender, 4,807 male and 2,161 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and age distribution.

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Student Population by Gender

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a total of 6,968 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,902 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,066 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,807 male and 2,161 female students (the male-female ratio is 69:31) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,968	5,902	1,066
Men	4,807	4,099	708
Women	2,161	1,803	358

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,901 White, 319 Black, and 1,235 Asian students out of a total of 6,968 are attending at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	5	3	2
Asian	1,235	793	442
Black	319	220	99
Hispanic	697	486	211
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	2,901	1,955	946
Two or more races	358	243	115
Race Unknown	308	217	91

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	3	1
Asian	1,145	751	394
Black	286	194	92
Hispanic	633	451	182
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	2,521	1,703	818
Two or more races	316	211	105
Race Unknown	294	208	86

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	90	42	48
Black	33	26	7
Hispanic	64	35	29
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	380	252	128
Two or more races	42	32	10
Race Unknown	14	9	5

Student Age Distribution

By age, RPI has 189 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 6,346 students under 25 years old, and 621 students over 25 years old out of 6,968 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 189 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. RPI has 5,866 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 35 students aged 25 and over.

It has 480 graduate students aged under 25 and 586 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	189	74	115
18-19	2,954	882	2,072
20-21	2,281	739	1,542
22-24	922	274	648
25-29	448	135	313
30-34	113	32	81
35-39	30	9	21
40-49	25	12	13
50-64	4	2	2
Over 65	1	1	0

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	189	74	115
18-19	2,954	882	2,072
20-21	2,222	711	1,511
22-24	501	130	371
25-29	24	3	21
30-34	8	1	7
35-39	2	0	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,902 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 85 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.44%.70 students have transferred in as full-time status and 15 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,768
Transfer-in Full-time	70
Regular Part-time	49
Transfer-in Part-time	15

Student Population at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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