How many students at RPI? 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.
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 |
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| Total | 6,968 | 5,902 | 1,066 |
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| Men | 4,807 | 4,099 | 708 |
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| Women | 2,161 | 1,803 | 358 |
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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 chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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| Asian | 1,235 | 793 | 442 |
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| Black | 319 | 220 | 99 |
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| Hispanic | 697 | 486 | 211 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| White | 2,901 | 1,955 | 946 |
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| Two or more races | 358 | 243 | 115 |
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| Race Unknown | 308 | 217 | 91 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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| Asian | 1,145 | 751 | 394 |
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| Black | 286 | 194 | 92 |
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| Hispanic | 633 | 451 | 182 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| White | 2,521 | 1,703 | 818 |
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| Two or more races | 316 | 211 | 105 |
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| Race Unknown | 294 | 208 | 86 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Asian | 90 | 42 | 48 |
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| Black | 33 | 26 | 7 |
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| Hispanic | 64 | 35 | 29 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | - | - | - |
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| White | 380 | 252 | 128 |
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| Two or more races | 42 | 32 | 10 |
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| Race Unknown | 14 | 9 | 5 |
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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.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 189 | 74 | 115 |
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| 18-19 | 2,954 | 882 | 2,072 |
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| 20-21 | 2,281 | 739 | 1,542 |
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| 22-24 | 922 | 274 | 648 |
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| 25-29 | 448 | 135 | 313 |
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| 30-34 | 113 | 32 | 81 |
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| 35-39 | 30 | 9 | 21 |
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| 40-49 | 25 | 12 | 13 |
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| 50-64 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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| Over 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 189 | 74 | 115 |
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| 18-19 | 2,954 | 882 | 2,072 |
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| 20-21 | 2,222 | 711 | 1,511 |
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| 22-24 | 501 | 130 | 371 |
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| 25-29 | 24 | 3 | 21 |
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| 30-34 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
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| 35-39 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| Over 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| 20-21 | 59 | 28 | 31 |
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| 22-24 | 421 | 144 | 277 |
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| 25-29 | 424 | 132 | 292 |
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| 30-34 | 105 | 31 | 74 |
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| 35-39 | 28 | 9 | 19 |
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| 40-49 | 25 | 12 | 13 |
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| 50-64 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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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 |
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| Regular Full-time | 5,768 |
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| Transfer-in Full-time | 70 |
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| Regular Part-time | 49 |
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| Transfer-in Part-time | 15 |
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