Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501. Of the 294 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 32 of them were information technology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

RPI Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

RPI Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how RPI performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	9
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	15
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
	16
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	28
Best Information Technology Schools	28
	38
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	77
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	80
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	106
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	178
Best Value Information Technology Schools	267

In 2021, 61 students received their master’s degree in IT from RPI. This makes it the #28 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from RPI in 2020-2021, 84% were men and 16% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

RPI Information Technology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students graduated with a master's degree in IT from RPI. About 62% were men and 38% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RPI also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Network Architects	8,660	$113,300

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.