Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Population and Demographics

WPI Student Population

There are 7,584 students including 5,558 undergraduate and 2,026 graduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 6,375 full-time and 1,209 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,120 male and 2,464 female students.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 666 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has a total enrollment of 7,584 with a gender distribution of 67.51% male (5,120 students) and 32.49% female (2,464 students). There are 3,739 male and 1,819 female students in undergraduate school and 1,381 male and 645 female students are attending graduate school at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Student Population By Gender
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,584	5,120	2,464
Undergraduate	5,558	3,739	1,819
Graduate	2,026	1,381	645
Full-time	6,375	4,282	2,093
Part-time	1,209	838	371

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has 6,375 full-time and 1,209 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,389 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 169 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 986 students are full-time and 1,040 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	7,584	6,375	1,209
Undergraduate	5,558	5,389	169
Graduate	2,026	986	1,040
Men	5,120	4,282	838
Women	2,464	2,093	371

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic Institute Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 666 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 770 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 7,584 students.

In undergraduate schools, 294 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,142 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,584	5,558	2,026
Online Exclusively	666	5	661
In Some Online Classes	770	289	481
Not In Online Classes	6,148	5,264	884

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic Institute Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. There are 5 American Indian/Native American, 4,198 White, 194 Black/African American, 804 Asian, 587 Hispanic, 2 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 435 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,584	5,120	2,464
American Indian/Native American	5	2	3
Asian	804	485	319
Black/African American	194	131	63
Hispanic	587	398	189
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	4,198	2,839	1,359
Two More	241	162	79
Race Un-Known	393	273	120

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic InstituteRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Age Distribution
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,584	5,558	2,026
Under 18	117	117	0
Age 18-19	2,489	2,489	0
Age 20-21	2,595	2,539	56
Age 22-24	1,103	378	725
Age 25-29	703	23	680
Age 30-34	287	5	282
Age 35-39	109	2	107
Age 40-49	123	1	122
Age 50-64	52	3	49
Over 64	6	1	5
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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