Worcester Polytechnic Institute Common Data Set 2024-25

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Acceptance rate

38.1%

2,763 of 7,243

Early decision rate

19%

Non-ED pool: 39.9%

SAT middle 50%

1330–1470

ACT middle 50%

29–33

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Admissions

AppliedC1	7,243
AdmittedC1	2,763
EnrolledC1	390
YieldC1	14.1%
Early decisionC21	114 of 599 (19%)
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	1,223
Accepted a placeC2	1,160
Admitted from waitlistC2	12
Odds if you stay on the listC2	1%

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	9%
Submitted ACTC9	7%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	670–740
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	640–740
Average high school GPAC12	3.69
GPA of 4.0C11	12.9%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	40.5%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	23.9%
GPA below 3.50C11	22.6%

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	—
Required feesG1	—
Food and housingG1	—
Need fully met (first-years)H2	47.1%
Average % of need metH2	98%
Average need-based packageH2	$60,896
Average need-based grantH2	$51,114

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankConsidered
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayVery important
Recommendation(s)—
InterviewConsidered
Extracurricular activitiesImportant
Talent/abilityImportant
Character/personal qualitiesImportant
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relation—
Geographical residenceConsidered
State residencyConsidered
Religious affiliation/commitmentConsidered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestConsidered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	1,561
First-year retentionB22	88.7%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	80.5%

Notes on this filing

Applied, admitted and enrolled totals are not printed in C1; they were summed from the gender columns (3271+3957+15; 1017+1735+11; 156+1+228+5). These match the residency table totals.
C2 waitlist counts are mapped by position: offered 1223, accepted place 1160, admitted 12. Row labels are cut off in the PDF.
C2: waitlist policy is marked yes. Whether the ranked-list question was answered is unclear.
C7: recommendations and alumni relation are not marked, so they are null.
C8: the C8F clarification text is truncated in the PDF. The policy summary is based on the C8A checkboxes (not required, considered if submitted) and the visible C8F text.
C8A and C8F are consistent with each other.
C12: the submitted-GPA percentage is printed as 0.79. It was converted to 79 under the fraction rule, but it is ambiguous whether it is a fraction or a percent.
C11: GPA bands use the 'All enrolled students' column. pct_below_3_50 is the sum of the 3.25-3.49, 3.00-3.24 and 2.50-2.99 bands (11.65+6.47+4.53); the bands sum to 99.99 because of rounding.
Graduation: the Fall 2018 bachelor's cohort is used. The six-year rate is printed as 0.805164319 (converted to 80.5164319). No four-year rate is printed, so grad_rate_4yr is null. Line D (256 of 426) was not used because the four-year rate was not computed.
Retention: B22 is printed as 88.7%.
G1: all tuition, fee and housing cells are blank. The G1 checkbox says 2025-26 costs are unavailable, with an approximate date of '1-Mar-25', which appears to be an error. The cost fields are null.
H2: pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed (line D 238 / line C 239 would need computing), so it is null. pct_need_fully_met = line h 112 / line d 238 = 47.1%.
H2 values are from the First-time Full-time First-year column. avg_need_based_grant is line K (need-based scholarship/grant award for line e).
Aid year: H1/H2 are reported for 2024-2025 estimated.

Source: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Common Data Set 2024-25 . “—” means the college left the item blank.