Enrollment Trends at WPI

The student population at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is 7,308 (5,246 undergraduate and 2,062 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,351 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WPI is 71.78% which is increased by 1,294 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 57 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

806 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 93.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,702 where 7,308 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,294 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 57 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in WPI than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,957	3,952	2,703	1,249	2,005	1,471	534
2013-14	6,296 339	4,134 182	2,784 81	1,350 101	2,162 157	1,575 104	587 53
2014-15	6,381 85	4,235 101	2,862 78	1,373 23	2,146 -16	1,530 -45	616 29
2015-16	6,573 192	4,299 64	2,863 1	1,436 63	2,274 128	1,629 99	645 29
2016-17	6,642 69	4,432 133	2,931 68	1,501 65	2,210 -64	1,546 -83	664 19
2017-18	6,642 0	4,435 3	2,831 -100	1,604 103	2,207 -3	1,517 -29	690 26
2018-19	6,874 232	4,668 233	2,880 49	1,788 184	2,206 -1	1,540 23	666 -24
2019-20	6,894 20	4,761 93	2,877 -3	1,884 96	2,133 -73	1,501 -39	632 -34
2020-21	6,920 26	4,892 131	2,944 67	1,948 64	2,028 -105	1,406 -95	622 -10
2021-22	7,230 310	5,224 332	3,152 208	2,072 124	2,006 -22	1,381 -25	625 3
2022-23	7,308 78	5,246 22	3,303 151	1,943 -129	2,062 56	1,400 19	662 37
Average	6,702	4,571	2,921	1,650	2,131	1,500	631

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,571 where 5,246 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,952	3,787	2,585	1,202	165	118	47
2013-14	4,134	3,959	2,656	1,303	175	128	47
2014-15	4,235	4,096	2,762	1,334	139	100	39
2015-16	4,299	4,158	2,760	1,398	141	103	38
2016-17	4,432	4,275	2,814	1,461	157	117	40
2017-18	4,435	4,301	2,740	1,561	134	91	43
2018-19	4,668	4,527	2,776	1,751	141	104	37
2019-20	4,761	4,642	2,785	1,857	119	92	27
2020-21	4,892	4,709	2,810	1,899	183	134	49
2021-22	5,224	5,051	3,024	2,027	173	128	45
2022-23	5,246	5,115	3,210	1,905	131	93	38
Average	4,571	4,571	2,811	1,609	4,571	110	41

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,131 where 2,062 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,005	655	426	229	1,350	1,045	305
2013-14	2,162	760	507	253	1,402	1,068	334
2014-15	2,146	756	510	246	1,390	1,020	370
2015-16	2,274	809	541	268	1,465	1,088	377
2016-17	2,210	868	552	316	1,342	994	348
2017-18	2,207	849	529	320	1,358	988	370
2018-19	2,206	844	552	292	1,362	988	374
2019-20	2,133	1,001	684	317	1,132	817	315
2020-21	2,028	720	483	237	1,308	923	385
2021-22	2,006	866	598	268	1,140	783	357
2022-23	2,062	856	573	283	1,206	827	379
Average	2,131	2,131	541	275	2,131	958	356

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.92%. The percentage was 58.44% 10 years ago and WPI still has a high percentage of white students. 10.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.97% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Worcester Polytechnic Institute over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	10	269	117	326	1	3,481	143
2013-14	10	288	128	362	0	3,587	170
2014-15	5	294	130	394	0	3,545	168
2015-16	13	318	145	442	1	3,701	160
2016-17	19	291	169	480	2	3,687	139
2017-18	20	260	190	479	2	3,720	122
2018-19	17	336	202	522	3	3,896	133
2019-20	12	413	199	502	3	3,895	157
2020-21	7	504	210	548	4	4,058	194
2021-22	2	637	207	563	3	4,300	225
2022-23	2	739	217	567	2	4,233	227
Average	11	395	174	471	2	3,828	167

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

806 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 93.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,381	417	255	5,709
2015-16	6,573	405	284	5,884
2016-17	6,642	472	326	5,844
2017-18	6,642	540	474	5,628
2018-19	6,874	653	436	5,785
2019-20	6,894	683	315	5,896
2020-21	6,920	661	173	6,086
2021-22	7,230	873	1,431	4,926
2022-23	7,308	806	729	5,773
Average	6,829	612	491	5,726

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