Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying robotics engineering, you may want to check out the program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 students received a bachelor's degree in robotics engineering from WPI.

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

WPI Robotics Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Robotics Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Robotics Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Robotics 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.

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

• Master’s Degree

WPI Robotics Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the robotics 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 robotics engineering major at WPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Robotics 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 Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value Robotics Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	2
	2
Most Focused Robotics Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Best Robotics Engineering Schools	7
Best Value Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11

In 2021, 82 students received their master’s degree in robotics engineering from WPI. This makes it the #2 most popular school for robotics engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in robotics engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Robotics Engineering Graduates from WPI Make?

The median salary of robotics engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at WPI is $77,253. This is 13% higher than $68,607, which is the national average for all robotics engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Robotics Engineering Student Demographics at WPI

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

WPI Robotics Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The robotics engineering program at WPI awarded 95 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 69% of these degrees went to men with the other 31% going to women. The typical robotics engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at WPI since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in robotics 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 robotics engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	55
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

WPI Robotics Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 82 students graduated with a master's degree in robotics engineering from WPI. About 88% were men and 12% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	27
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WPI also has a doctoral program available in robotics engineering. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That Robotics Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in robotics 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

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.