<p>The rankings are the US News Rankings. I think they were tied with Case Western in the low 40s last year and this year Case went up and RPI is at 50. They had 3 deans depart within the last couple of years, but I read somewhere within CC that they each went to “dream jobs” and didn’t leave because of anything at RPI. RPI had a bunch of layoffs within the last couple years that didn’t make some people happy also. RPI seems to have gone down in the engineering rankings, but I don’t have a source for that information other than within CC. All that said, it still seems like a great fit for my son, we were impressed, especially with the students when we visited for the medal winners day, and he is an RPI medal winner, so the tuition should be comparable to Georgia Tech. One of the things I appreciate most is that every time I’ve called RPI it was easy to get a real person who could give me information I was looking for. Both schools have their strengths and weaknesses, and I will likely help my son decid but leave the final decision to him.</p>