The oldest technological university in the English-speaking world, RPI in Troy, New York, is famed for relentless engineering rigor and patent generation.
- Admit rate
- 65%
- Moderately selective
- SAT middle 50%
- 1380–1510
- of admitted students
- Avg. net price
- $38,000
- per year, after grants
- Average GPA
- 3.88
- unweighted
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Half of admitted students scored between 1380 and 1510.
Popular majors
- Mechanical EngineeringEngineering & Tech
- Computer Science & AIComputer Science & AI
- Aeronautical EngineeringEngineering & Tech
- Electronic Media, Arts & CommunicationArts, Design & MediaWell regarded
- Biomedical EngineeringEngineering & Tech
Highlights
- America oldest technological research university (founded 1824)
- The Arch program for dedicated semester-away co-op and research
- Home to the first quantum computer on a university campus (IBM Quantum System One)
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