Architectural Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,143 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 21 of them were architectural engineering majors.

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

WPI Architectural Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering

WPI Architectural Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The architectural engineering major at WPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Architectural 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 Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5

Architectural Engineering Student Demographics at WPI

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

WPI Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from WPI. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men. The typical architectural engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at WPI since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its architectural engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WPI also has a doctoral program available in architectural engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Architectural Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in architectural 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Architecture Professors	590	$128,210

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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