What are my chances of getting into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
Your Data-Driven Chances
Official Admissions Statistics 2010 - 2011
Admission Overview
| Applicants | 13,465 |
| Admitted | 5,381 |
| Acceptance rate | 40.0% |
| Yield rate | 21.4% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 610 and 700
- Math: 670 and 750
- Writing: 580 and 685
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's average composite ACT score falls between 26 and 30.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
| Major | Men | Women | Total |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering | 72 | 16 | 88 |
| Applied Mathematics | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Bioinformatics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Business Administration/Management | 61 | 26 | 87 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services, | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Chemical Engineering | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Chemistry, General | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 48 | 21 | 69 |
| Computer & Information Sciences, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer Science | 84 | 8 | 92 |
| Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Economics, General | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Economics, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| Engineering Mechanics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Engineering Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Engineering Science | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Engineering, General | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Engineering, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hydrology & Water Resources Science | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Industrial Engineering | 32 | 16 | 48 |
| Information Technology | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| Legal Studies, General | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Materials Engineering | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| Mathematics, General | 28 | 12 | 40 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| Natural Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuclear Engineering | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philosophy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Physical Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Physics, General | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Physics, Other | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Psychology, General | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Science, Technology & Society | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Social Sciences, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Systems Engineering | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Transportation & Highway Engineering | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Total | 511 | 170 | 681 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
| Applied | 1946 |
| Reported Results | 394 |
| Accepted | 346 (88%) 88,12 |
| Rejected | 48 |
| Attending | 32 |
| Yield Rate | 9% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.47 | 3.74 | 3.93 |
| SAT I | 1989 | 2130 | 2262 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 692 | 802 | 909 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 0.00 | 3.33 | 3.73 |
| SAT I | 600 | 1806 | 1976 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 69 | 597 | 734 |
Stats last calculated: Monday 20th of August 2012 09:00:07 AM
Newest applicant: 0 days, 0 hours, and 23 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2010 - 2011 academic year.
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donehere posted 'Did anyone get accepted for fall 2011?
I got waitlisted. Anyone else on the waitlist?'2 years ago