Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 229 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from WPI.

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

WPI Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Online Classes Are Available at WPI

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

WPI Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at WPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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 Popular Online Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	5
	6
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	10
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools	29
	62
Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	69
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	70
Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	76

In 2021, 80 students received their master’s degree in ME from WPI. This makes it the #23 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #117 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from WPI Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at WPI is $68,074. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at WPI

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

WPI Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The ME program at WPI awarded 229 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at WPI since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	158
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

WPI Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 80 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from WPI in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from WPI, 70% 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	56
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WPI also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Other Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Cost Estimators	6,030	$77,670
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Aerospace Engineers	630	$119,700

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.