Worcester Polytechnic Institute acceptance rate and admissions profile

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a private college in Massachusetts, reports a 60% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Worcester Polytechnic Institute weighs, where it ranks among Massachusetts schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1440, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

The factors that carry the most weight at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and application essay. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Worcester Polytechnic Institute's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 36 Massachusetts schools we track, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranks #20 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Harvard University (4%) and Northeastern University (5%) sit nearby, which makes Massachusetts a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Worcester Polytechnic Institute often weigh College of Wooster, Union University (TN), and Freed-Hardeman University, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.