Student Population at WPI

The following chart compares WPI's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts.

WPI has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 15,005 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (3,644 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Worcester Polytechnic Institute and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 5,120 male and 2,464 female students attending WPI. The male-to-female student ratio is 2.08 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at WPI.

By age, there are 6,304 students whose age under twenty five and 577 students whose age is over thirty years old at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Especially, 117 students are younger than eighteen and 6 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1,436 students (18.93% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 666 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 239 students live in Massachusetts where Worcester Polytechnic Institute is located in and 351 students have enrolled from other states.