Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

110 Eighth Street
Troy, NY 12180-3590

Web: http://www.rpi.edu

Overview

Type: Private institution
Founded in Year: 1824
Religious Affiliation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Undergraduate Enrollment: 4,951
Location: Urban
Endowment: 624,279,000
Application Deadline: January 1
Application Fee: 70
Tuition Fees: 33,500
Room And Board: 9,939

Campus Life

Fraternity: 39%
Dorority: 18%
On-Campus Weekends: 85%
Housing Offered: Yes
Students College Housing: 56%
campus housing: Yes
Types Available: coed dorms (77%), sorority housing (1%), fraternity housing (1%), apartments for married students (2%), apartment for single students (18%), special housing for disabled students (0%), other housing options (1%)
High Speed Internet: 100%
Campus Size: 275 acres
Nearest Airport: Albany, NY
Nearest Train: Albany, NY
NearestBus: Albany, NY
Public Transport: Yes
Cars Permitted: No
School Employment: Yes
Average Undergrad Earnings: 1,600
Alcohol Permitted: Yes
Additional Policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, other
Popular Events: Grand Marshal Week/student government elections; Big Red Freakout; International Festival; Senior Week; Activity Fair; Black Awareness Week; Hispanic Heritage Month; Black History Month; Asian Awareness Week; Communiversity; Family Weekend; Alumni Weekend; Athletic Alumni Weekend; Minority Student Weekend; Navigating Rensselaer and Beyond.

Extra-Curricular

Student Activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
Numer Of Organizations: 160
Honor Societies: White Key; Phalanx; TriBeta; Pre-Med Honor Society AED; Sigma XI; Tau Beta Pi; Chi Epsilon; Alpha Pi Mu; Eta Kappa Nu; Alpha Sigma Mu; Pi Tau Sigma; Sigma Gamma Tau; Epsilon Delta Sigma; Beta Gamma Sigma.
Religious Organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Rensselaer Christian Association, Hillel, Hindu Students Association, Indian Christian Fellowship, Muslim Student Association, Newman Catholic Fellowship, Korean Christian Fellowship, Knights of Columbus, Ren. Christian Association .
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Services

Basic: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance
Remedial Teaching: math, writing, study skills
Counseling: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Career: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Firms: GE; IBM; United Technologies; Accenture; Lockheed Martin; CGI-AMS; BAE Systems; Bank of America; General Dynamics; Goldman Sachs & Company; Northrop Grumman; Westinghouse.
Library Facilities: The Cole Library, supporting the Rensselaer at Hartford program. Rensselaer is a member of the Connect NY Consortium. Members of this project provide rapid access to their shared book collections. Current members include Bard College, Colgate University, Pace University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Siena College, St. Lawrence University, Union College, United States Military Academy and Vassar College.The Architecture Library's collection was begun in 1929 and the branch facility established in 1930. It now occupies approximately 4700 square feet on the east side of the Greene Building's third floor. The physical collection has grown to 30,000 print titles housed in the facility and over 100,000 slides. The graphic collections now include an increasing number of digitized images, and multi-media material on architecture, design and the visual arts, as well as traditional maps, drawings, prints, photographs and microform collections.
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