Troy, NY · Private nonprofit
63.5%
Acceptance rate
1,415
SAT Average
$33,139
Avg net price
5,909
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,266Master’s 420Doctoral 132 |
| Bachelor’s 536Master’s 182Doctoral 73 |
| Bachelor’s 293Master’s 67Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 63Master’s 5Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 60Master’s 12Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 57Master’s 23Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 14Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 53Master’s 82Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 49Master’s 9Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 41Master’s 10Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s 1Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s 9Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s 6Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Liberty League
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
666 unique student-athletes · 19 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 15
Early Action
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Dec 15
Early Decision II
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 8
Regular Decision
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 31
· Apply with Common App or the college's application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $62,500
- Required fees
- $1,581
- Food and housing
- $18,120
- Books and supplies
- $1,350
- Other expenses
- $1,740
- Total
- $85,291
- $73,8162019–2019–20
- $75,8242020–2120–21
- $77,7632021–2221–22
- $79,9342022–2322–23
- $82,4042023–2423–24
- $85,2912024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $33,139 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 60%
- Average share of need met
- 63.5%
- Average need-based grant
- $9,303
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute admits in-state applicants at 67.5%, out-of-state applicants at 68.5%, and international applicants at 56.2%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,394 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required for some applicants. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Dec 31. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 43% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
53% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
13% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 96% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 28% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.93
High-school class rank
Among the 28% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $33,139 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 809 of 1,351 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
88.7% of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s first-years return for a second year and 83.2% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03