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RPI Ratings and Reviews

  • 8/10 Overall Rating
  • 4 Year
  • Troy, NY
  • 4.3 3 reviews
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RPI Ratings and Reviews

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Ratings

RPI is rated within the top 24% of four-year colleges nationally and earns a CollegeSimply grade of 8 out of 10.

  • Overall Rating
    8 out of 10
  • Academics
    10 out of 10
  • Resources
    8 out of 10
  • Outcomes
    8 out of 10
  • Value
    8 out of 10
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Student Review Summary

4.3

Approved reviews

3 student reviews

2 out of 3 (67%) reviewers rated 4 stars or higher

Students rate Academics highest and Housing lowest.

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Average by category

  • Overall Rating
    4.3
  • Academics
    5.0
  • Value for Money
    4.3
  • Professors / Faculty
    4.7
  • Campus Atmosphere
    4.7
  • Housing
    3.7
  • Campus Safety
    5.0
  • Student Life
    3.7
  • Party and Bar Scene
    4.7

Student and Parent Reviews

If you are a student, former student, faculty member or parent, please help guide other prospective students by sharing your personal experiences at this college. What is it really like to go to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?

Jul 22, 2018
Rating 5 out of 5

Students are enthusiastic about science with a quirky flare. Very academic and focused on school.

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Sep 9, 2016
Rating 5 out of 5

My daughter freshmen student of RPI loves her college! As a parent I really like her dorm, Compare with other colleges we visited for my son and daughter I've see a lot of different dorms, RPI has one of the best leaving arrangement. Campus is beautiful with great landscape. RPI gives good scholarship and grant that makes it more affordable, girls might get more than boys that explains by 70/30 percent ratio to attract more girls.

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Apr 17, 2016
Rating 3 out of 5

Course load is challenging and course content is manageable(Use the TA's!!! Most professors can't offer the same kind of help the TA's can which could be the way you learn.) In terms of academic rigor, the school isn't that hard. It's simply the abundance of knowledge you have to take on so quickly. Discipline is an absolute must have. Housing sucks and its expensive. A lot of opportunities. You can do whatever you want here. Treat RPI like a tool to your success.

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Academics *

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Last updated: August 2026