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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: cost, debt and earnings by major
30 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $32,758
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 80%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 63%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 5,714
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $24,250
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- 1.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $25,140 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $25,313 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $31,222 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $33,659 |
| $110,000+ | $35,346 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (21)
- Computer Science$141,528
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians$125,531
- Computer and Information Sciences, General$115,100
- Mathematics$105,768
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$104,596
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering$103,306
- Business Administration, Management and Operations$99,713
- Chemical Engineering$98,679
- Industrial Engineering$98,509
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$94,750
- Mechanical Engineering$92,952
- Design and Applied Arts$87,358
- Nuclear Engineering$87,239
- Civil Engineering$86,794
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$83,958
- Materials Engineering$82,947
- Physics$81,840
- Architecture$75,551
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$55,598 (1 yr)
- Biology, General$48,714 (1 yr)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General$26,970 (1 yr)
Master's programs (9)
- Computer Science$200,027
- Applied Mathematics$114,450
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$112,190
- Mechanical Engineering$107,173
- Business Administration, Management and Operations$104,117
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$103,214 (1 yr)
- Systems Engineering$97,256 (1 yr)
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering$87,651 (1 yr)
- Civil Engineering$81,191 (1 yr)