Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Student Life | Best College

Summary

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,322, with a gender distribution of 70.9 percent male students and 29.1 percent female students. At this school, 63.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 37.0 percent of students live off campus. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is part of the NCAA III athletic conference.

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Student Body

Total undergraduate enrollment	5,322
Student gender distribution

Total graduate enrollment	1,592

Housing

Students living on- and off-campus

Types of campus housing available

coed dorms (75%)	apartment for single students (20%)
sorority housing (1%)	special housing for disabled students (0%)
fraternity housing (2%)	theme housing (2%)

Sports

Collegiate athletic association

NCAA III

Scholarship sports

Sports	Men's	Women's
Ice hockey	✓	✓

Clubs & Organizations

Registered clubs and organizations	205
Air Force ROTC	Offered on campus
Army ROTC	Offered at cooperating institution (Siena College)
Navy ROTC	Offered on campus
Undergraduate men who are members of a fraternity

Undergraduate women who are members of a sorority