University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Private, nonprofit
Campus setting: Urban
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $60,965
Out-of-state tuition: $60,965
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 5,447

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2025–2026 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

61.9%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 5,461 students
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 5,302 students
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 159 students

First-year admission

Majors

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Engineering
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology, General
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Engineering
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Business/Commerce, General
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Deadlines

Early action · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early action II · 2026–2027
2027-01-05 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision II · 2026–2027
2027-01-05 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

No supplemental essays are required for this university.

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $70
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Fee waiver · Optional
Value: Accepted
Common App fee-waiver availability listed in the 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Personal essay · Required
The Common App personal essay is marked required in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Not required

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fee, waiver, and personal-essay fields; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-08-20 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-14.
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?168421
Retrieved 2026-06-10

First-year applications (C1)

First-year students admitted (C1)

7,647 students

First-year students enrolled (C1)

1,300 students

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11)

60%

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11)

19%

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11)

15%

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11)

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11)

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11)

The official CDS reports 0 percent.

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11)

The official CDS reports 0 percent.

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11)

The official CDS reports 0 percent.

High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11)

The official CDS reports 0 percent.

Average high-school GPA (C12)

3.9 GPA

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves the SAT submitter percentage blank.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves the ACT submitter percentage blank.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves this score percentile blank.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves this score percentile blank.
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves this score percentile blank.
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves this score percentile blank.
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves this score percentile blank.
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS leaves this score percentile blank.

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 13:1; The official CDS reports a Fall 2025 ratio of 13 to 1, based on 6,657 student FTE and 509 faculty FTE.

Source: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Common Data Set 2025-2026 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.wpi.edu/sites/default/files/2026-05/WPI_CDS_2025-2026.pdf · Import: cds-2026-09-v112-wpi

2024–2025 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

60.2%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): Not reported by institution
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): Not reported by institution
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): Not reported by institution

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
Average high-school GPA (C12): Not reported by institution
First-year applications (C1): 12,559 applicants; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students admitted (C1): 7,555 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students enrolled (C1): 1,366 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 5,558 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 5,389 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 169 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.wpi.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Physical Sciences

Civil Engineering

Engineering

Computer Science

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Computer Software and Media Applications

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Data Analytics

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Data Science

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Design and Applied Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

Economics

Social Sciences

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

Engineering

Engineering Physics

Engineering

Engineering-Related Fields

Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields

Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Engineering

International Relations and National Security Studies

Social Sciences

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

Management Information Systems and Services

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Mathematics

Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematics and Statistics, Other

Mathematics and Statistics

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering

Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering

Engineering

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Physics

Physical Sciences

Psychology, General

Psychology

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Science, Technology and Society

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Sustainability Studies

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Regular decision · 2026–2027

2027-02-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.

https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

No supplemental essays are required for this university.