Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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. In 2021, 745 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from WPI.

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
• Doctorate 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 following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at WPI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	89
Best Engineering Schools	103
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	118

In 2021, 384 students received their master’s degree in engineering from WPI. This makes it the #34 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 745 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from WPI. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at WPI since its program graduates 18% 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	31
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	65
White	475
International Students	71
Other Races/Ethnicities	85

WPI Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 384 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from WPI in 2020-2021, 77% were men and 23% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from WPI, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	27
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	217
International Students	86
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

WPI also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 29 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences

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
• Image Credit: By Runningonbrains under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.