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Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Worcester Polytechnic Institute is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,920.

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

WPI Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at WPI

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WPI offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

WPI Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at WPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #105 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at WPI

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

WPI Engineering Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at WPI since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	71
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	472
International Students	54
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

WPI Engineering Master’s Program

25% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 25% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	222
International Students	141
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	315
Robotics Engineering	192
Electrical Engineering	177
Biomedical Engineering	120
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	85
Chemical Engineering	80
Systems Engineering	56
Civil Engineering	52
Materials Engineering	31
Other Engineering	28
Industrial Engineering	27
Manufacturing Engineering	22
Architectural Engineering	21
Environmental Engineering	14

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250

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
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