Worcester, MA · Private nonprofit
60.2%
Acceptance rate
$43,273
Avg net price
5,344
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,298Master’s 867Doctoral 87 |
| Bachelor’s 748Master’s 423Doctoral 47 |
| Bachelor’s 281Master’s 190Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 89Master’s 35Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 56Master’s 127Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s 1Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s 9Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 70Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 12Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports19
Athletic participation
549 unique student-athletes · 16 varsity teams
Early Decision I
By applying early decision, you enter a binding agreement to enroll at WPI upon acceptance.
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Action I
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Dec 1
Early Action II
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 1
Early Decision II
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 1
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Mar 1
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $59,700
- Required fees
- $1,265
- Food and housing
- $18,386
- Books and supplies
- $1,200
- Other expenses
- $1,200
- Total
- $81,751
- $69,8222019–2019–20
- $72,2962020–2120–21
- $74,2712021–2221–22
- $76,0402022–2322–23
- $79,5422023–2423–24
- $81,7512024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $43,273 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 58%
- Average share of need met
- 80.8%
- Average need-based grant
- $36,963
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Worcester Polytechnic Institute admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Worcester Polytechnic Institute admits in-state applicants at 65.6%, out-of-state applicants at 65.5%, and international applicants at 38.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,300 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 88% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 33% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
among first-years who submitted test scores
Average 3.90
High-school class rank
Among the 33% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Application essay
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $85,890 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $43,273 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 795 of 1,365 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $85,890
Averages among the 795 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Worcester Polytechnic Institute offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Worcester Polytechnic Institute admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
93.7% of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s first-years return for a second year and 88.4% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03