Manufacturing Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

If you plan to study manufacturing engineering, take a look at what Worcester Polytechnic Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Manufacturing Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

WPI Manufacturing Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at WPI

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WPI does offer online courses in manufacturing engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WPI Manufacturing Engineering Rankings

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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in manufacturing engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Manufacturing Engineering Student Demographics at WPI

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

WPI Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 9 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WPI, about 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the manufacturing engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Manufacturing Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in manufacturing 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
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Cost Estimators	6,030	$77,670
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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.