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Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What traits are you looking for in a ME school? To help you decide if Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ME program.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received their master's degree in ME.

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

RPI Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in ME
  • Doctorate Degree in ME

RPI Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

34% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students earned a master's degree in ME from RPI. About 34% of these graduates were women and the other 66% were men.

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In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 21% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 19
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers 11,280 $91,820
Cost Estimators 10,150 $75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,330 $161,670
Engineering Professors 2,900 $127,010
Aerospace Engineers 320 $115,420

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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