Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Population and Demographics

RPI Student Population

There are 7,040 students including 5,741 undergraduate and 1,299 graduate students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 6,738 full-time and 302 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,834 male and 2,206 female students.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 171 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a total enrollment of 7,040 with a gender distribution of 68.66% male (4,834 students) and 31.34% female (2,206 students). There are 3,950 male and 1,791 female students in undergraduate school and 884 male and 415 female students are attending graduate school at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Student Population By Gender
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,040	4,834	2,206
Undergraduate	5,741	3,950	1,791
Graduate	1,299	884	415
Full-time	6,738	4,621	2,117
Part-time	302	213	89

[Chart] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has 6,738 full-time and 302 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,674 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 67 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,064 students are full-time and 235 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	7,040	6,738	302
Undergraduate	5,741	5,674	67
Graduate	1,299	1,064	235
Men	4,834	4,621	213
Women	2,206	2,117	89

[Chart] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute does not offer the distance learning opportunity.

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. There are 2 American Indian/Native American, 3,062 White, 326 Black/African American, 1,335 Asian, 698 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 477 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,040	4,834	2,206
American Indian/Native American	2	1	1
Asian	1,335	858	477
Black/African American	326	222	104
Hispanic	698	482	216
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	3,062	2,078	984
Two More	358	241	117
Race Un-Known	319	236	83

[Chart] Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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