Business Administration & Management at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Worcester Polytechnic Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received their master's degree in business administration.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

WPI Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at WPI

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WPI does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WPI Business Administration & Management Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #149 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at WPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WPI Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 24 business administration students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WPI, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from WPI, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Marketing
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• General Business/Commerce

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	39,360	$64,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	28,180	$47,710
Management Analysts	22,580	$110,150
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Runningonbrains under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.