University · Troy, United States
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Private research university in Troy, New York
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About
instance of inception founder named after native label Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute short name industry academic calendar type
Location and contact
country located in the administrative territorial entity Troy · located in the administrative territorial entity: New York headquarters location street address 110 8th St, Troy, NY, 12180-3590 postal code coordinate location official website
People and numbers
count of students 7,064 · 29 March 2023 6,761 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021 Earlier figures (2) 6,912 · 6 October 2022 7,501 · September 2020 employees admission rate admission yield rate chairperson
Rankings and recognition
ranking 494 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 Earlier figures (11) 461 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 431 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 470 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 383 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 345 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 364 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 310 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 348 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 359 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 353 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 296 · QS World University Rankings · 2012 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education 2 more
Finances
endowment $864,140,951 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $1,069,740,000 · 30 June 2021 $740,260,000 · 30 June 2020 total assets $1,598,361,000 · 30 June 2020
Structure and memberships
child organization or unit affiliation member of owner of athletics program
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Wikimedia and technical details (8)
Commons category Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute topic's main category category for alumni of educational institution category for employees of the organization described by source API endpoint URL Commons gallery Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute social media followers 5,240 · YouTube channel ID: UCdH4jKoTt9Lr18RxrRqv4gQ · 18 October 2025 7,527 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 188770086 · 4 January 2021
Identifiers in other databases (41)
ARWU university ID ASCE Historical Civil Engineering Landmark ID autonomous system number Crunchbase organization ID domain name Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID Facebook username Freebase ID GeoNames ID Google Maps Customer ID GRID ID HAL structure ID IdRef ID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID ISNI J9U entity ID KISTI ID Legal Entity Identifier Library of Congress Authorities ID LittleSis organization ID Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) MusicBrainz place ID Open Funder Registry funder ID OpenAlex ID OpenStreetMap relation ID PermID QS World University ID Quora topic ID Ringgold ID ROR ID SEVIS school ID SNARC ID subreddit RPI · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · number of subscribers: 16,376 · 9 April 2023 Times Higher Education World University ID U-Multirank university ID USB vendor ID VIAF cluster ID X (Twitter) username rpi · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 188770086 · 24 December 2020 YouTube channel ID UCdH4jKoTt9Lr18RxrRqv4gQ · subject named as: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · number of works: 567 · number of subscribers: 5,220 · number of viewers/listeners: 1,028,061 · 21 September 2025 Scilit organization ID Yale LUX ID
At a glance
Kind University · Private
Location Troy, United States
Founded 1824
Students 7,064 (2023)
Also known as RPI, Rensselaer Institute, Rensselaer School
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