Rankings
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
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