Worcester Polytechnic Institute Overview

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Worcester Polytechnic Institute Known For?

• The highest award offered at WPI is the doctor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 86% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from WPI makes roughly $103,470 a year. This is 154% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average WPI student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Worcester Polytechnic Institute?

Contact details for WPI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Phone:	508-831-5000
Website:	www.wpi.edu

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How Do I Get Into WPI?

You can apply to WPI online at: https://www.wpi.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/how-to

Admission Requirements for WPI

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into WPI?

With an acceptance rate of 57%, WPI does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 63% of accepted students are men and 37% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 51%, and the acceptance rate for women is 74%.

Can I Afford Worcester Polytechnic Institute?

The overall average net price of WPI is $51,379. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At WPI, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $14,168 a year. That adds up to $56,672 over four years for those students.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,892 undergraduate students at WPI, with 4,709 being full-time and 183 being part-time.

There are also 2,028 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,709 full-time undergraduates at WPI, 60% are male and 40% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Worcester Polytechnic Institute students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	365
Black or African American	131
Hispanic or Latino	429
White	2,980
International Students	347
Other Races/Ethnicities	457

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 80 countries are represented at WPI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	222	1	86	7	316
Robotics Engineering	116	8	159	5	288
Mechanical Engineering	211	2	68	6	287
Electrical Engineering	77	6	74	6	163
Biomedical Engineering	121	0	19	2	142
Data Science	47	3	52	10	112
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	59	0	23	0	82
Chemical Engineering	51	0	25	3	79
Civil Engineering	35	7	15	4	61
Systems Engineering	0	18	26	0	44
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	3	19	21	0	43
General Business/Commerce	4	1	36	0	41
Mathematics	26	0	11	4	41
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	30	0	3	3	36
Business Administration & Management	0	0	28	6	34
General Biology	28	0	0	3	31
Computer Software & Applications	18	0	11	0	29
Other Engineering	0	2	22	3	27
Architectural Engineering	26	0	0	0	26
Materials Engineering	0	0	12	13	25
Design & Applied Arts	24	0	1	0	25
Industrial Engineering	23	0	0	0	23
Engineering-Related Fields	22	0	0	0	22
Physics	17	0	2	2	21
Chemistry	8	0	5	2	15
Biotechnology	0	0	14	0	14
Environmental Engineering	11	0	3	0	14
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	12	0	12
Computer Information Systems	0	0	11	0	11
Statistics	0	0	8	2	10
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	5	0	1	3	9
Other Statistics	9	0	0	0	9
General Psychology	9	0	0	0	9
Manufacturing Engineering	0	0	7	1	8
Applied Mathematics	0	0	8	0	8
Data Analytics	0	0	8	0	8
Human Computer Interaction	0	0	8	0	8
Public Relations & Advertising	7	0	0	0	7
Sustainability Science	6	0	0	0	6
Instructional Media Design	0	0	2	2	4
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	2	0	2
Information Technology	0	0	2	0	2
Engineering Physics	2	0	0	0	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	0	0	0	2
Science, Technology & Society	2	0	0	0	2
Economics	2	0	0	0	2
Management Information Systems	1	0	0	0	1
Systems Theory	0	0	0	1	1
International Relations & National Security	1	0	0	0	1
General Architecture	0	0	0	0	0
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Nuclear Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,225	67	785	88	2,165

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Runningonbrains under License

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