Rensselaer's Co-Terminal Program provides undergraduates the opportunity to pursue graduate degrees while maintaining their undergraduate Rensselaer funding. Most Rensselaer master’s programs are available as part of the Co-Terminal Program, and participants follow the same curriculum as traditional master's students.

Co-Terminal students can pursue a master’s degree in the same academic discipline as their bachelor's or take an interdisciplinary approach, applying to a graduate program outside of their undergraduate department. Co-term students have the option to earn their master's degree on a full-time or part-time basis at the Troy campus. There is also the Rensselaer at Work option, which is completely part-time and 100% online (currently the R@W MBA program is not offered through Co-term). 

Co-Term students are required to graduate with their bachelor's degree in up to 8 semesters (10 semesters for B. Arch students), with a minimum GPA of 3.0. After graduating with their bachelor's degree, they have up to 2 semesters to complete their master's degree (up to 3 semesters of funding to complete the MBA program).