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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · Private (nonprofit) · 5,447 students · mostly bachelor degrees
113th-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$43,071
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$78,679
Graduation rate
90%
Admission rate
60%
Median graduate earnings
$103,470
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$27,000
Pell grant recipients
12%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
123 programsMulti-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$163,424Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree28 grads/yr$154,407Systems Engineering · Master's Degree26 grads/yr$143,717Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree74 grads/yr$139,976Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree222 grads/yr$134,208Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering · Master's Degree159 grads/yr$125,641Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree68 grads/yr$117,441Engineering, Other · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$114,409Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering · Bachelor's Degree116 grads/yr$111,103Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree77 grads/yr$109,386Astronautical Engineering · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$107,344Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$106,581Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$105,171Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$101,554Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$100,199Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree211 grads/yr$97,308Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$95,430Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$93,417Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other · Bachelor's Degree$93,298Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree121 grads/yr$92,806Architectural Engineering · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$85,112Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$78,719Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$75,018
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.