Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute admitted 60% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $43,885 a year. Within six years, 90% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 60%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $80,569 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $43,885 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $36,899 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $63,246 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 90%
- Students who return for a second year
- 94%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $113,513 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,447
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 15%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Engineering
- 58%
- Computer and information sciences
- 22%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 4%
- Visual and performing arts
- 2%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Bethel University TN · 60% admitted
- University of South Carolina-Columbia SC · 60% admitted
- William Carey University MS · 60% admitted
- College of Charleston SC · 60% admitted
- CUNY City College NY · 60% admitted
- Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America NY · 60% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- Northeastern University MA · 5.2% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.