Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Every robotics engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the robotics engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute stacks up to those at other schools.

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 82 students received their master's degree in robotics engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Robotics Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

WPI Robotics Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Robotics Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Robotics Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at WPI

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WPI offers distance education options for robotics engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WPI Robotics Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in robotics engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Robotics Engineering Student Demographics at WPI

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

WPI Robotics Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 82 students who graduated with a master’s in robotics engineering from WPI in 2021, 88% were men and 12% were women.

In the robotics engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	27
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering

Careers That Robotics Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in robotics engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Engineers	3,090	$109,220
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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.