Is WPI test optional?

We haven't confirmed WPI's test policy for 2026–27. Check their admissions site; many colleges have changed their policy since 2020.

What is WPI's acceptance rate?

60% of applicants were admitted in 2024–25, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 7,555 of 12,559 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 23%, from 10,172 in 2015 to 12,559 in 2024, and WPI's admit rate went from 49% to 60%.

What ACT score do you need for WPI?

7% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 29–33, with a median of 31. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1330–1470 works out to about 29–33.

Does applying early decision help at WPI?

19% of early decision applicants were admitted (114 of 599), against 60% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at WPI?

12 of the 1,160 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 1.0%, per the Common Data Set 2024–25.

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What SAT score do you need for WPI? (Middle 50%: 1330–1470)

First-year students at WPI who sent an SAT scored 1330–1470, with a median of 1410 (Common Data Set 2024–25). WPI admits 60% of applicants.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA

Where your score lands at WPI

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1330–1470, median 1410

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WPI by the numbers

Admit rate: 60%
Middle 50% SAT: 1330–1470
Median SAT: 1410
About on the ACT: 29–33
Sent an SAT: 9%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2024–25; admit rate from it or IPEDS

WPI admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 23%, from 10,172 in 2015 to 12,559 in 2024, and WPI's admit rate went from 49% to 60%.

Show the numbers

Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	12,559	7,555	60%
2023	11,809	6,908	58%
2022	11,599	6,667	57%
2021	11,092	6,679	60%
2020	11,269	6,654	59%
2019	10,645	5,255	49%
2018	10,584	4,402	42%
2017	10,331	5,009	48%
2016	10,468	5,071	48%
2015	10,172	4,938	49%

In fall 2024, 1,366 of the 7,555 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at WPI

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*

Under 1280Far reachHold
1280–1320ReachHold
1330–1400TargetHold
1410–1460TargetSend
1470 and upLikelySend

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

WPI SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	640	700	740
SAT total	1330	1410	1470
ACT composite	29	31	33

Of enrolled first-year students, 9% sent an SAT and 7% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2024–25.

Top 10% of their class: 52%; of new students who reported a rank

WPI early decision and waitlist

Early decision

114 of 599 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision19%
All applicants60%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

1,223 applicants were offered a spot, 1,160 took it, and 12 were admitted from it.

1.0%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2024–25.

WPI cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $43,071; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 90%
Median earnings: $103,470; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 5,976

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like WPI

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

Sources

WPI Common Data Set 2024–25
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
WPI website
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Updated Nov 9, 2026. Spot a number that's off? Email support@tryashore.com and we'll check it against the source.

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1330–1470, and the median was 1410. At 1410 or higher you're above half of them. WPI admits 60% of applicants.

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