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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location Worcester, MA

Population 1,000,000

Website http://www.wpi.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,344

Men / Women 67% / 33%

White 53%

Hispanic 14%

Asian 11%

International 6%

Black 4%

Mixed 3%

Native American 0%

From State 48%

From Region 26%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Engineering 62%

Computer Science 26%

Life & Natural Sciences 6%

Physical Sciences & Math 4%

Business & Economics 2%

Humanities & Social Sciences 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $60,965

Est. Cost of Attendance $78,679

10-Year ROI $258,000

ROI Percentile 94th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 94%

4-Year Graduation Rate 84%

6-Year Graduation Rate 90%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)

Sunshine Hours 2,350 (21%)

Days Without Precipitation 231 (22%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 60%

Yield (Unbound) 16%

Early Decision 1 Nov 1

Early Decision 2 Jan 5

Regular Decision Feb 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Engineering, Computing & Math	$56M	#111
Humanities & Social Sciences	$2M	#240
Life & Natural Sciences	$10M	#248

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	44	#107
Humanities & Social Sciences	11	#457
Life & Natural Sciences	8	#481

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1,170	64% / 36%	6%	$108,315		97%
Aerospace Engineering	74 —	73% / 27%	0%	$98,303	93	91%
Architectural Engineering	20 +1	60% / 40%	0%	$83,410	83	100%
Biomedical Engineering	110 +1	38% / 62%	5%	$102,711	95	96%
Chemical Engineering	57 —	54% / 46%	2%	$100,777	94	94%
Civil Engineering	42 —	67% / 33%	2%	$97,994	93	96%
Electrical Engineering	88 +8	72% / 28%	9%	$105,931	96	98%
Engineering Physics	3 —	67% / 33%	0%	$114,159	98	—
Environmental Engineering	21 +1	38% / 62%	5%	$77,145	76	100%
Industrial Engineering	23 +1	57% / 43%	22%	$99,523	94	100%
Mechanical Engineering	211 +20	73% / 27%	5%	$100,164	94	98%
Robotics Engineering	77 +23	70% / 30%	14%	$108,881	97	100%
Artificial Intelligence	— —	—	—	$115,858	98	—
Computer Science	231 +24	82% / 18%	6%	$148,489	100	96%
Data Science	44 +6	57% / 43%	9%	$96,949	93	—
Game and Interactive Media Design	20 —	60% / 40%	5%	$81,662	81	—
Interactive Media and Game Development	6 +9	67% / 33%	0%	$93,521	91	100%
Chemistry	5 +1	60% / 40%	0%	$73,799	70	—
Mathematics	20 +3	50% / 50%	10%	$100,546	94	—
Mathematics and Statistics	7 —	43% / 57%	14%	$111,833	98	—
Physics	9 +1	78% / 22%	0%	$87,761	87	—
Biochemistry	21 +1	29% / 71%	5%	$85,313	85	100%
Bioinformatics	5 —	40% / 60%	0%	$84,239	84	—
Biology	41 +1	12% / 88%	2%	$82,976	83	95%
Business	5 +3	80% / 20%	20%	$104,067	96	—
Economics	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$101,164	95	—
Engineering Management	10 —	80% / 20%	0%	$104,342	96	—
Management Information Systems	5 +2	60% / 40%	0%	$107,397	97	—
Humanities	1 +4	0% / 100%	0%	$67,365	57	—
Interdisciplinary Studies	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	$72,494	68	96%
Liberal Arts and Sciences	— —	—	—	$72,836	68	—
Psychology	6 +1	17% / 83%	0%	$68,552	60	—
Science, Technology and Society	1 +1	100% / 0%	0%	$76,885	75	—
Sustainability Studies	2 +7	0% / 100%	50%	$65,837	53	—

Rankings

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