Data

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 782 | 648 | 864 | 686 | 686 | 738 | 699 | 653 | 621 | 516 |
Male | 555 | 449 | 612 | 470 | 454 | 491 | 497 | 480 | 450 | 363 |
Female | 227 | 199 | 252 | 216 | 232 | 247 | 202 | 173 | 171 | 153 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 290 | 284 | 242 | 233 | 199 | 207 | 222 | 221 | 214 | 189 |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 243 | 252 | 223 | 207 | 184 | 198 | 212 | 207 | 196 | 173 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 23 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 8 |
Black or African American | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 203 | 211 | 200 | 183 | 154 | 171 | 179 | 178 | 171 | 156 |
More than one race | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 24 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 492 | 364 | 622 | 453 | 487 | 531 | 477 | 432 | 407 | 327 |
Science and engineering | 782 | 648 | 864 | 686 | 686 | 738 | 699 | 653 | 621 | 516 |
Science | 319 | 302 | 417 | 313 | 338 | 384 | 314 | 284 | 245 | 176 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 42 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 138 | 122 | 157 | 92 | 127 | 247 | 187 | 157 | 94 | 67 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 34 | 44 | 65 | 56 | 71 | 86 | 77 | 74 | 93 | 61 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 77 | 80 | 130 | 100 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 27 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 463 | 346 | 447 | 373 | 348 | 354 | 385 | 369 | 376 | 340 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 25 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 16 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 33 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 26 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 36 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 16 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 21 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 34 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 46 | 52 | 68 | 50 | 63 | 76 | 93 | 119 | 120 | 86 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 7 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 241 | 117 | 181 | 138 | 116 | 33 | 46 | 50 | 84 | 73 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 39 | 46 | 60 | 57 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 35 | 31 | 38 |
Other engineering | 15 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 111 | 107 | 76 | 52 | 56 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTES:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).