Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Population and Demographics

WPI Student Population

There are 7,308 students including 5,246 undergraduate and 2,062 graduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 5,971 full-time and 1,337 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,703 male and 2,605 female students. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 806 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has a total enrollment of 7,308 with a gender distribution of 64.35% male (4,703 students) and 35.65% female (2,605 students). There are 3,303 male and 1,943 female students in undergraduate school and 1,400 male and 662 female students are attending graduate school at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Student Population By Gender
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,308	4,703	2,605
Undergraduate	5,246	3,303	1,943
Graduate	2,062	1,400	662
Full-time	5,971	3,783	2,188
Part-time	1,337	920	417

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has 5,971 full-time and 1,337 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,115 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 131 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 856 students are full-time and 1,206 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	7,308	5,971	1,337
Undergraduate	5,246	5,115	131
Graduate	2,062	856	1,206
Men	4,703	3,783	920
Women	2,605	2,188	417

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic Institute Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 806 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 729 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 7,308 students. In undergraduate schools, 297 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,238 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,308	5,246	2,062
Online Exclusively	806	6	800
In Some Online Classes	729	291	438
Not In Online Classes	5,773	4,949	824

[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 2 American Indian/Native American, 4,233 White, 217 Black/African American, 739 Asian, 567 Hispanic, 2 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 291 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,308	4,703	2,605
American Indian/Native American	2	2	0
Asian	739	404	335
Black/African American	217	149	68
Hispanic	567	381	186
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	4,233	2,669	1,564
Two More	227	137	90
Race Un-Known	221	154	67

[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	7,308	5,246	2,062
Under 18	107	107	0
Age 18-19	2,472	2,472	0
Age 20-21	2,349	2,319	30
Age 22-24	1,002	314	688
Age 25-29	747	25	722
Age 30-34	285	6	279
Age 35-39	117	1	116
Age 40-49	148	1	147
Age 50-64	75	1	74
Over 64	6	0	6
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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