Enrollment Trends at Wentworth Institute of Technology

The student population at Wentworth Institute of Technology is 4,191 (3,965 undergraduate and 226 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 385 (8.41%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wentworth Institute of Technology is 94.61% which is decreased by 359 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 26 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 272 male students for every 100 female students, down from 398 in 2015.
75 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -53.42% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,321 where 4,191 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,576 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,920 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,576 to 4,191 students, a net loss of 385 (8.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wentworth Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,576	4,324	3,478	846	252	180	72
2016-17	4,526 -50	4,317 -7	3,450 -28	867 21	209 -43	141 -39	68 -4
2017-18	4,457 -69	4,265 -52	3,390 -60	875 8	192 -17	141	51 -17
2018-19	4,516 59	4,341 76	3,406 16	935 60	175 -17	120 -21	55 4
2019-20	4,449 -67	4,303 -38	3,371 -35	932 -3	146 -29	99 -21	47 -8
2020-21	4,389 -60	4,222 -81	3,284 -87	938 6	167 21	110 11	57 10
2021-22	4,163 -226	3,958 -264	3,080 -204	878 -60	205 38	138 28	67 10
2022-23	3,920 -243	3,713 -245	2,868 -212	845 -33	207 2	131 -7	76 9
2023-24	4,018 98	3,813 100	2,851 -17	962 117	205 -2	137 6	68 -8
2024-25	4,191 173	3,965 152	2,916 65	1,049 87	226 21	148 11	78 10
Average	4,321	4,122	3,209	913	198	135	64

Wentworth Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,122 where 3,965 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wentworth Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,324	3,902	3,129	773	422	349	73
2016-17	4,317	3,923	3,135	788	394	315	79
2017-18	4,265	3,904	3,098	806	361	292	69
2018-19	4,341	3,940	3,105	835	401	301	100
2019-20	4,303	3,904	3,046	858	399	325	74
2020-21	4,222	3,842	2,989	853	380	295	85
2021-22	3,958	3,658	2,855	803	300	225	75
2022-23	3,713	3,382	2,609	773	331	259	72
2023-24	3,813	3,464	2,596	868	349	255	94
2024-25	3,965	3,625	2,651	974	340	265	75
Average	4,122	4,122	2,921	833	4,122	288	80

Wentworth Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 198 where 226 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wentworth Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	252	91	56	35	161	124	37
2016-17	209	77	41	36	132	100	32
2017-18	192	84	57	27	108	84	24
2018-19	175	65	40	25	110	80	30
2019-20	146	67	41	26	79	58	21
2020-21	167	85	46	39	82	64	18
2021-22	205	121	73	48	84	65	19
2022-23	207	147	88	59	60	43	17
2023-24	205	158	103	55	47	34	13
2024-25	226	174	109	65	52	39	13
Average	198	198	65	42	198	69	22

Wentworth Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.33%. The percentage was 60.58% 10 years ago and Wentworth Institute of Technology still has a high percentage of white students. 8.28% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.58% to 54.33%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.91% to 8.28%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.44% to 9.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.99% to 15.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6638 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6221 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wentworth Institute of Technology over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	14	316	203	137	0	2,772	264
2016-17	10	315	201	138	1	2,832	271
2017-18	4	314	183	488	2	2,725	94
2018-19	3	356	263	293	4	2,802	157
2019-20	2	377	255	336	6	2,776	122
2020-21	2	382	306	438	5	2,622	113
2021-22	3	393	279	428	5	2,465	108
2022-23	4	358	288	457	2	2,197	106
2023-24	4	360	385	558	1	2,212	122
2024-25	5	347	390	653	1	2,277	146
Average	5	352	275	393	3	2,568	150

Wentworth Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

75 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -53.42% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wentworth Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,576	161	102	4,313
2016-17	4,526	397	444	3,685
2017-18	4,457	186	215	4,056
2018-19	4,516	189	307	4,020
2019-20	4,449	162	985	3,302
2020-21	4,389	3,352	1,036	1
2021-22	4,163	221	737	3,205
2022-23	3,920	160	458	3,302
2023-24	4,018	133	259	3,626
2024-25	4,191	75	362	3,754
Average	4,321	504	491	3,326

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Enrollment Trends at Wentworth Institute of Technology

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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