Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

WPI Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

WPI Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at WPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at WPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WPI Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at WPI since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at WPI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	125
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

WPI Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a master's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	37
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Programmers	4,420	$95,380

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Runningonbrains under License

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