Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at WPI

At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 51.48%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.52%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of WPI applicants decreased by 1.81% (210 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 51.48%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.00% at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.00% and women students' rate is 63.89%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Worcester Polytechnic Institute over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	51.59%	47.67%	63.26%
2014-15	43.78% -7.81%	40.21% -7.47%	53.79% -9.47%
2015-16	48.55% 4.77%	45.14% 4.93%	58.55% 4.76%
2016-17	48.44% -0.10%	44.74% -0.39%	59.16% 0.61%
2017-18	48.49% 0.04%	43.05% -1.69%	64.39% 5.23%
2018-19	41.59% -6.89%	37.51% -5.54%	53.08% -11.30%
2019-20	49.37% 7.77%	44.26% 6.75%	62.83% 9.75%
2020-21	59.05% 9.68%	55.74% 11.48%	67.50% 4.67%
2021-22	60.00% 0.95%	54.00% -1.74%	77.00% 9.50%
2022-23	57.48% -2.52%	50.69% -3.32%	74.19% -2.81%
2023-24	58.00% 0.52%	54.00% 3.32%	69.00% -5.20%
Average	51.48%	47.00%	63.89%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.52% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.93%	24.06%	26.87%
2014-15	23.57% -1.36%	23.45% -0.61%	23.83% -3.05%
2015-16	22.13% -1.44%	21.26% -2.19%	24.11% 0.28%
2016-17	22.09% -0.05%	21.08% -0.18%	24.29% 0.18%
2017-18	22.44% 0.35%	19.22% -1.86%	28.75% 4.46%
2018-19	28.99% 6.55%	25.32% 6.11%	36.28% 7.53%
2019-20	22.82% -6.17%	21.05% -4.28%	26.10% -10.18%
2020-21	19.45% -3.37%	18.57% -2.47%	21.29% -4.81%
2021-22	21.01% 1.56%	19.00% 0.42%	24.99% 3.70%
2022-23	20.31% -0.70%	22.27% 3.28%	17.01% -7.98%
2023-24	20.00% -0.31%	20.99% -1.28%	16.99% -0.02%
Average	22.52%	21.48%	24.59%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,616, the average number of admitted is 5,491, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,217.

The number of WPI applicants decreased by 1.81% (210 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,578	4,425	1,103
2014-15	10,233 19.29%	4,480 1.24%	1,056 -4.26%
2015-16	10,172 -0.60%	4,938 10.22%	1,093 3.50%
2016-17	10,468 2.91%	5,071 2.69%	1,120 2.47%
2017-18	10,331 -1.31%	5,009 -1.22%	1,124 0.36%
2018-19	10,584 2.45%	4,402 -12.12%	1,276 13.52%
2019-20	10,645 0.58%	5,255 19.38%	1,199 -6.03%
2020-21	11,269 5.86%	6,654 26.62%	1,294 7.92%
2021-22	11,092 -1.57%	6,655 0.02%	1,398 8.04%
2022-23	11,599 4.57%	6,667 0.18%	1,354 -3.15%
2023-24	11,809 1.81%	6,849 2.73%	1,370 1.18%
Average	10,616	5,491	1,217

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Worcester Polytechnic Institute and similar schools.