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  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280
General information
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Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degree, Master's degree, Doctor's degree
Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities
Number of students: 3,918 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$60.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$34,830$33,318$31,390
Out of State$34,830$33,318$31,390
Books and Supplies$1,000$1,000$735
On-Campus
Room and board$10,410$9,960$9,460
Other Expenses$1,200$1,200$1,145
Off Campus
Room and board$10,410$9,460$9,164
Other Expenses$1,200$1,200$1,145
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$2,700$2,700$2,645

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 15% $5,277
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 37% $3,557
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 90% $14,643
Loans to students 68% $9,291
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Bachelor degree
Technical and Business Writing
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Technical and Business Writing: A program that focuses on the theory, methods, and skills needed for writing and editing scientific, technical and business papers and monographs.

Bachelor degree
Social Sciences
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Social Sciences, Other: Any instructional program in social sciences not listed in the Social Sciences, General category.

Bachelor degree
Science
Technology and Society
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Science, Technology and Society: A program that focuses on the contemporary social and public policy ramifications of science and technology, the interrelationship of science and engineering with the public policy process, and the social and ethical dimensions of scienti...

Bachelor degree
Physics
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnet...

Bachelor degree
Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.

Bachelor degree
Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Mechanical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific uses, including machine t...

Bachelor degree
Mathematics
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology an...

Bachelor degree
Mathematics and Statistics
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Mathematics and Statistics, Other: Any instructional program in mathematics and statistics not listed in the Mathematics and Statistics, General category.

Bachelor degree
Manufacturing Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Manufacturing Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing systems. Includes instruction in materials science and engineering, manufacturing processes, pr...

Bachelor degree
Management Information Systems
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Management Information Systems, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to provide and manage data systems and related facilities for processing and retrieving internal business information; select systems and train personnel; and respond to external data ...

Bachelor degree
Industrial Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Industrial Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, and energy. Includes instruction in applied mathematics, phys...

Bachelor degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Humanities + Humanistic Studies: A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.

Bachelor degree
Engineering Physics
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Engineering Physics: A program with a general focus on the general application of mathematical and scientific principles of physics to the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems. Includes instruction in high- and low-temperature phenomena, computational physics...

Bachelor degree
Engineering + Industrial Management
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Engineering + Industrial Management: A program that focuses on the application of engineering principles to the planning and operational management of industrial and manufacturing operations, and prepares individuals to plan and manage such operations. Includes instruct...

Bachelor degree
Electrical
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of electrical, electronic and related communications systems and their compon...

Bachelor degree
Computer Engineering
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Computer Engineering, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of computer hardware and software systems and related equipment and facilities; and the anal...

Bachelor degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to b...

Bachelor degree
Civil Engineering
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Civil Engineering, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of structural, load-bearing, material moving, transportation, water resource, and material cont...

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Bachelor degree
Chemical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Chemical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems employing chemical processes, such as chemical reactors, kinetic systems, electrochemical systems, e...

Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavio...

Bachelor degree
Biotechnology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Biotechnology: A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences, biochemistry, and genetics to the preparation of new and enhanced agricultural, environmental, clinical, and industrial products, including the commercial exploitation of microbes, plant...

Bachelor degree
Biomedical + Medical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Biomedical + Medical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of biological and health systems and products such as integrated biological systems, instrumentatio...

Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a vari...

Bachelor degree
Biochemistry
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Biochemistry: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular reference to carbohydrates, proteins, lipid...

Bachelor degree
Aerospace
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of aircraft, space vehicles, and their systems; applied research on flight cha...

Bachelor degree
Actuarial Science
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bachelor degree Actuarial Science: A program that focuses on the mathematical and statistical analysis of risk, and their applications to insurance and other business management problems. Includes instruction in forecasting theory, quantitative and non-quantitative risk measurement met...

Master's degree
Statistics
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Statistics, General: A general program that focuses on the relationships between groups of measurements, and similarities and differences, using probability theory and techniques derived from it. Includes instruction in the principles in probability theory, binomial dis...

Master's degree
Physics
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnet...

Master's degree
Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.

Master's degree
Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Mechanical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific uses, including machine t...

Master's degree
Mathematics
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology an...

Master's degree
Mathematics and Statistics
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Mathematics and Statistics, Other: Any instructional program in mathematics and statistics not listed in the Mathematics and Statistics, General category.

Master's degree
Materials Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Materials Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and materials science principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of materials and related processes used in manufacturing in a wide variety of settings; the synthesis o...

Master's degree
Manufacturing Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Manufacturing Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing systems. Includes instruction in materials science and engineering, manufacturing processes, pr...

Master's degree
Fire Protection
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Fire Protection, Other: Any instructional program in fire protection not listed in the Fire Protection, General category.

Master's degree
Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling contained living environments and for monitoring and con...

Master's degree
Electrical
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of electrical, electronic and related communications systems and their compon...

Master's degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to b...

Master's degree
Civil Engineering
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Civil Engineering, Other: Any instructional program in civil engineering not listed in the Civil Engineering, General category.

Master's degree
Civil Engineering
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Civil Engineering, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of structural, load-bearing, material moving, transportation, water resource, and material cont...

Master's degree
Chemistry
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Master's degree
Chemical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Chemical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems employing chemical processes, such as chemical reactors, kinetic systems, electrochemical systems, e...

Master's degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavio...

Master's degree
Biotechnology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Biotechnology: A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences, biochemistry, and genetics to the preparation of new and enhanced agricultural, environmental, clinical, and industrial products, including the commercial exploitation of microbes, plant...

Master's degree
Biomedical + Medical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Biomedical + Medical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of biological and health systems and products such as integrated biological systems, instrumentatio...

Master's degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a vari...

Master's degree
Biochemistry
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Biochemistry: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular reference to carbohydrates, proteins, lipid...

Master's degree
Applied Mathematics
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Master's degree Applied Mathematics: A program that focuses on the application of mathematics and statistics to the solution of functional problems in fields such as engineering and the applied sciences. Includes instruction in natural phenomena modeling continuum mechanics, reaction-d...

Doctor's degree
Physics
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnet...

Doctor's degree
Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.

Doctor's degree
Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Mechanical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific uses, including machine t...

Doctor's degree
Mathematics
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology an...

Doctor's degree
Materials Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Materials Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and materials science principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of materials and related processes used in manufacturing in a wide variety of settings; the synthesis o...

Doctor's degree
Manufacturing Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Manufacturing Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, development, and implementation of manufacturing systems. Includes instruction in materials science and engineering, manufacturing processes, pr...

Doctor's degree
Fire Protection
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Fire Protection, Other: Any instructional program in fire protection not listed in the Fire Protection, General category.

Doctor's degree
Electrical
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of electrical, electronic and related communications systems and their compon...

Doctor's degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to b...

Doctor's degree
Civil Engineering
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Civil Engineering, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of structural, load-bearing, material moving, transportation, water resource, and material cont...

Doctor's degree
Chemistry
General
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Doctor's degree
Chemical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Chemical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems employing chemical processes, such as chemical reactors, kinetic systems, electrochemical systems, e...

Doctor's degree
Biotechnology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Biotechnology: A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences, biochemistry, and genetics to the preparation of new and enhanced agricultural, environmental, clinical, and industrial products, including the commercial exploitation of microbes, plant...

Doctor's degree
Biomedical + Medical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Biomedical + Medical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of biological and health systems and products such as integrated biological systems, instrumentatio...

Doctor's degree
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

General Description for:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Doctor's degree Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other: Any instructional program in the biological and biomedical sciences not listed in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, General category.

 
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