In addition to continually holding a ranking as one of the top 55 national universities as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, Rensselaer has also ranked as follows:

U.S. News & World Report – 2021 unless otherwise noted

• #27 – Best Colleges for Veterans
• #40 – Best Value Schools
• #21 – Best Undergraduate School for Aerospace Engineering (2020)
• #23 – Best Undergraduate School for Mechanical Engineering
• #26 – Best Undergraduate School for Chemical Engineering
• #28 – Best Undergraduate School for Civil Engineering
• #32 – Best Undergraduate School for Engineering 
• #12 – Best Graduate School for Nuclear Engineering
• #22 – Best Graduate School for Industrial Engineering
• #23 – Best Graduate School for Materials Science Engineering
• #26 – Best Graduate School for Aerospace Engineering
• #28 – Best Graduate School for Mechanical Engineering
• #31 – Best Graduate School for Chemical Engineering
• #38 – Best Graduate School for Civil Engineering
• #39 – Best Graduate School for Electrical Engineering
• #41 – Best Graduate School for Biomedical Engineering
• #45 – Best Graduate School for Computer & Systems Engineering

Princeton Review - 2021

• #15 - Best Career Placement
• #19 – Top 50 Game Design Undergraduate Schools
• One of the Best Northeastern Colleges
• One of the Best Business Schools
• One of the Best Value Colleges

Forbes – 2018

• #14 – Nation’s Best STEM Colleges and Universities

DesignIntelligence - 2020

• #4 – Focus on Engineering Fundamentals Undergraduate
• #6 – Most Hired From by Firms
• #6 – Focus on Construction Materials & Methods Undergraduate
• #6 – Focus on Engineering Fundamentals Graduate
• #8 – Focus on Design Technologies Undergraduate
• #8 – Focus on Transdiciplinary Collaboration Undergraduate
• #9 – Undergraduate Research
• #14 – Top 35 Most Admired Schools - Undergraduate
• #28 – Top 35 Most Admired Schools – Graduate

TFE Times - 2021

• #2 – Best Master’s of Business Analytics Program
• #4 – Best Master’s of Management Program
• #7 – Best Master’s of Financial Engineering Programs

Animation Career Review - 2021 (unless otherwise noted)

• #3 – New York Game Design Schools
• #6 – Game Design Schools on the East  Coast
• #5 – Top Graphic Design School Rankings in New York (2020)
• #14 – Top Private Game Design School in the U.S.
• #12 – East Coast Animation School Rankings (2020)
• #13 – Nationally Among Schools Offering a Game Design BS
• #20 – National Game Design Schools
• Among the Top 50 National Animation School Rankings (2020)

Business Insider - 2019

• Among The 50 Smartest Colleges in America

College Factual - 2021

• #2 – Top-Ranked Physics
• #2 – Best Places in the Nation to Study Physics
• #2 – Best Physics Colleges for Veterans
• #4 – Top-Ranked Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• #4 – Top-Ranked Civil Engineering
• #4 – Top-Ranked Environmental Engineering
• #4 – Top-Ranked Materials Engineering
• #5 – Top-Ranked Chemical Engineering
• #6 – Top-Ranked Physical Sciences
• #7 – Top-Ranked Engineering
• #8 – Top Quality Overall New York
• #9 – Top-Ranked Nuclear Engineering
• #10 – Top-Ranked Mathematics
• #11 – Top-Ranked Mechanical Engineering
• #12 – Top-Ranked General Architecture
• #12 - Top-Ranked Electrical Engineering
• #13 – Top-Ranked Industrial Engineering
• #14 – Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Veterans

Money - 2020

• Among the Best Colleges for Your Money
• #22 – Best Colleges for Engineering Majors
• #31 – Best Colleges for Computer Science Majors

Value Colleges’ Top Choices - 2020

• #4 - Best Campus IT Programs

College Choice - 2020

• #8 - Best Colleges in New York
• #3 - Best Business Schools in New York
• #6 - Best Game Design Bachelors

GameDesigning.org – 2020

• #7 - Top Game Design Schools

QS World University Rankings: USA - 2020

• #8 -  Rank in New York State