Enrollment Trends at WPI

The student population at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is 7,584 (5,558 undergraduate and 2,026 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,011 (15.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at WPI is 73.29% which is increased by 1,259 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 248 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 208 male students for every 100 female students, down from 216 in 2015.
666 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 64.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,002 where 7,584 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 6,573 to 7,584 students, a gain of 1,011 (15.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,573	4,299	2,863	1,436	2,274	1,629	645
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	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
2023-24	7,353 45	5,453 207	3,551 248	1,902 -41	1,900 -162	1,282 -118	618 -44
2024-25	7,584 231	5,558 105	3,739 188	1,819 -83	2,026 126	1,381 99	645 27
Average	7,002	4,897	3,107	1,790	2,105	1,458	647

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,897 where 5,558 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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	5,453	5,302	3,444	1,858	151	107	44
2024-25	5,558	5,389	3,620	1,769	169	119	50
Average	4,897	4,897	2,998	1,749	4,897	109	41

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,105 where 2,026 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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,900	895	595	300	1,005	687	318
2024-25	2,026	986	662	324	1,040	719	321
Average	2,105	2,105	577	293	2,105	881	354

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.35%. The percentage was 56.31% 10 years ago and WPI still has a high percentage of white students. 10.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.56% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.74% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 56.31% to 55.35%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.84% to 10.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.21% to 2.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.72% to 7.74%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6747 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6750 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Worcester Polytechnic Institute 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	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
2023-24	3	783	206	536	4	4,212	229
2024-25	5	804	194	587	2	4,198	241
Average	10	509	194	523	3	3,990	183

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

666 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 64.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	7,353	658	747	5,948
2024-25	7,584	666	770	6,148
Average	7,002	642	569	5,792

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Enrollment Trends at WPI

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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