Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Programs

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The city atmosphere of Worcester makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Worcester Polytechnic Institute?

Contact details for WPI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Phone:	508-831-5000
Website:	www.wpi.edu

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,006 graduate students at WPI, 69% are male and 31% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	99
Black or African American	64
Hispanic or Latino	117
White	980
International Students	632
Other Races/Ethnicities	114

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 80 countries are represented at WPI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

In 2022-2023, 1,535 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WPI has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of WPI majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	23%
Business, Management & Marketing	8%
Engineering	5%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	18%
Physical Sciences	40%

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Mechanical Engineering	2	96	5	103
Electrical Engineering	10	70	10	90
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	41	28	0	69
Robotics Engineering	12	48	2	62
Computer Science	1	56	4	61
Data Science	0	42	10	52
General Business/Commerce	8	42	0	50
Business Administration & Management	0	41	3	44
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	32	1	33
Systems Engineering	1	29	1	31
Materials Engineering	0	18	10	28
Other Engineering	2	22	2	26
Biotechnology	0	25	0	25
Chemical Engineering	0	19	3	22
Manufacturing Engineering	13	8	1	22
Biomedical Engineering	0	16	4	20
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	1	14	0	15
Environmental Engineering	0	10	0	10
Mathematics	0	7	3	10
Statistics	0	7	1	8
Computer Information Systems	3	4	0	7
Computer Software & Applications	0	7	0	7
Civil Engineering	3	2	2	7
Data Analytics	0	7	0	7
Physics	0	5	2	7
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	4	1	5
General Biology	0	4	1	5
Applied Mathematics	0	4	0	4
Human Computer Interaction	0	4	0	4
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	3	0	3
Marketing	0	3	0	3
Instructional Media Design	0	2	1	3
Chemistry	0	1	2	3
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	2	0	2
Information Technology	0	2	0	2
Systems Theory	2	0	0	2
Nuclear Engineering	1	0	0	1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0
Architectural Engineering	0	0	0	0
Engineering Physics	0	0	0	0
Industrial Engineering	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Statistics	0	0	0	0
Science, Technology & Society	0	0	0	0
Sustainability Science	0	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	100	684	69	853

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Runningonbrains under License

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