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Retention & Graduation Rates Dashboard. The interactive Data Dashboards listed below display current and historical data on admissions, enrollment, completions, and persistence at WPI. Dashboards can be downloaded as an image or PDF for use in reporting.
- WPI Student Population
- Low Racial/Ethnic Diversity Among Faculty
- Even Balance of Male & Female Teachers
- High Geographic Diversity
- International Students at WPI
- High Student Age Diversity
- Notes and References
How Many Students Attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
WPI total enrollment is approximately 6,920 students.4,709 are undergraduates and 720 are graduate students.
WPI Undergraduate Population
Male/Female Breakdown of Undergraduates The full-time WPI undergraduate population is made up of 40% women, and 60% men. For the gender breakdown for all students, go here. WPI Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.
WPI Graduate Student Population
Male/Female Breakdown of Graduate Students About 33% of full-time grad students are women, and 67% men. For the gender breakdown for all students, go here. WPI Racial-Ethnic Breakdown of Graduate Students See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Racial/Ethnic Demographics: Learn more about the faculty at WPI.
Reporting of the gender of WPI is unknown or unavailable. There are more male teachers than female teachers at this school. More about WPI faculty. There are approximately 606 female teachers and 658 male teachers.
WPI ranks 269 out of 2,183 when it comes to geographic diversity. 54.76% of WPI students come from out of state, and 9.82% come from out of the country. The undergraduate student body is split among 35 states (may include Washington D.C.). Click on the map for more detail.
Students from 80 countries are represented at this school, with the majority of the international students coming from China, India, and Vietnam. Learn more about international students at WPI.
A traditional college student is defined as being between the ages of 18-21. At WPI, 61.14% of students fall into that category, compared to the national average of 60%.
Footnotes *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. References 1. Departmen...
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1865, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now has 14 academic departments with over 50 bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degree programs.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,892 undergraduates at WPI with 4,709 being full-time and 183 being part-time.
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Faculty & Staff. Kathryn Moncrief. Professor & Department Head, Humanities & Arts. Email: kmoncrief@wpi.edu. Phone: +1 (508) 8316316. Kathryn M. Moncrief is Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Head of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, MA.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute , with 13 students for every instructional faculty member, has more professors per student than the national average, which is 15 students for every one instructor.
