Worcester Polytechnic Institute offers 92% of incoming freshmen merit aid. The average merit aid award is $16,235. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private college located in Worcester, Massachusetts. Its student population is 6,874. It is a four-year, medium, primarily residential campus. It has an acceptance rate of 42%. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 4 year graduation rate is 82% .
FRESHMAN W/O NEED, RECEIVING MERIT AID
$16,235
AVG. MERIT AID AWARD
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Recent Financial Aid Offers For the 2019 Admissions Year
Parents who completed the admissions process in 2019 submitted their offer data as presented here.
Money You Don’t Need To pay | Money Your Family Needs To pay | Federal Student Loans (Government) | Work Study | ||||||||||
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Expected Family Contribution | State of Residence | Unweighted GPA | Composite SAT | Composite ACT | Admission Type | College Estimated Cost of Attendance | College Grants & Scholarships (NOT BASED on financial need) | Is this money automatically renewable? | College Grants & Scholarships (BASED on financial need) | Net Cost to your family (before loans & work study) | Subsidized | Unsubsidized | Amount you can earn |
$40001 to $45001 | CT | 4.3 | 1490 | 0 | Regular Decision | $61200 | $12000 | $0 | $49200 | $5500 | $0 | $0 | |
$40001 to $45001 | CT | 4.2 | 1490 | 0 | Early Action | $63000 | $12000 | $0 | $51000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
$15001 to $20000 | ME | 3.7 | 1430 | 0 | Early Action | $66896 | $23770 | Don't Know | $0 | $43126 | $3500 | $2000 | $1140 |
$35001 to $40001 | MA | 4 | 1520 | 36 | Early Action | $70000 | $28000 | Yes | $0 | $42000 | $0 | $5500 | $0 |
Above $60000 | NV | 3.98 | 1570 | 36 | Early Action | $70000 | $13000 | Yes | $0 | $57000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Above $60000 | NY | 3.9 | 1430 | 31 | Early Action | $69845 | $13000 | Yes | $0 | $56845 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Colleges with Similar Merit Aid Award Percentages and Award Amounts
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Merit Match ![]() |
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $69,812 | 92% | $16,235 | 42% | |
Loyola University New Orleans | $58,652 | 90% | $17,851 | 94% | |
Gwynedd Mercy University | $51,000 | 95% | $17,691 | 92% | |
Western New England University | $55,391 | 96% | $17,589 | 85% | |
Covenant College | $49,420 | 96% | $17,225 | 97% | |
University Of Scranton | $64,272 | 89% | $17,180 | 73% | |
Fairfield University | $67,860 | 91% | $17,099 | 60% | |
Carroll College | $50,838 | 95% | $17,062 | 78% | |
Catawba College | $45,842 | 88% | $17,047 | 52% | |
Hillsdale College | $42,958 | 95% | $16,596 | 36% | |
Quinnipiac University | $67,220 | 88% | $16,331 | 72% | |
Muhlenberg College | $69,945 | 94% | $16,101 | 62% | |
Marymount University | $50,105 | 91% | $15,736 | 91% | |
Regis University | $55,508 | 92% | $15,556 | 60% | |
George Fox University | $51,930 | 96% | $15,201 | 82% | |
University Of Vermont | $60,438 | 89% | $15,060 | 68% | |
Milwaukee School Of Engineering | $56,148 | 92% | $14,803 | 63% |
Colleges in New England Region with similar merit aid awards levels
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | |
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $69,812 | 92% | $16,235 | 42% | |
Plymouth State University | $37,420 | 97% | $4,558 | 82% | |
Quinnipiac University | $67,220 | 88% | $16,331 | 72% | |
Western New England University | $55,391 | 96% | $17,589 | 85% | |
Fairfield University | $67,860 | 91% | $17,099 | 60% | |
Hampshire College | $67,514 | 95% | $12,753 | 63% | |
Saint Michael's College | $62,264 | 95% | $21,137 | 83% | |
Stonehill College | $63,540 | 95% | $19,657 | 70% | |
Wheaton College | $51,130 | 94% | $25,373 | 70% | |
Saint Anselm College | $61,550 | 94% | $18,134 | 77% | |
University Of Vermont | $60,438 | 89% | $15,060 | 68% |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and median earnings of alumni after 10 years
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 10 Year Salary ![]() |
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 42 | $135,500 |
Stevens Institute Of Technology | 41 | $139,900 |
Colorado School Of Mines | 49 | $139,600 |
Santa Clara University | 50 | $134,700 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 43 | $134,100 |
Bucknell University | 33 | $122,900 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and cost of attendance
College | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Attendance Cost ![]() |
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 42 | $69,812 |
St Olaf College | 50 | $63,280 |
University Of La Verne | 51 | $63,450 |
Rhodes College | 45 | $64,574 |
Baylor University | 39 | $65,070 |
Texas Christian University | 41 | $68,414 |
Berklee College Of Music | 48 | $68,870 |
Whitman College | 50 | $69,532 |
Mount Holyoke College | 51 | $69,578 |
Providence College | 49 | $69,730 |
Davis & Elkins College | 37 | $70,627 |
Loyola Marymount University | 47 | $71,228 |
Bentley University | 43 | $71,320 |
Gettysburg College | 45 | $71,350 |
Macalester College | 41 | $71,553 |
Emerson College | 36 | $71,682 |
College Of The Holy Cross | 38 | $71,710 |
Stevens Institute Of Technology | 41 | $72,034 |
St Lawrence University | 46 | $73,044 |
Syracuse University | 50 | $73,069 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and similar 4 year graduation rates
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 4 year graduation ![]() |
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 42 | 82% |
Bucknell University | 33 | 86% |
Kenyon College | 36 | 86% |
St Olaf College | 50 | 85% |
College Of William And Mary | 37 | 85% |
Macalester College | 41 | 85% |
Santa Clara University | 50 | 85% |
Denison University | 34 | 83% |
St Lawrence University | 46 | 82% |
Mount Holyoke College | 51 | 81% |
Providence College | 49 | 80% |
Franklin And Marshall College | 35 | 80% |
Dickinson College | 49 | 80% |
Connecticut College | 38 | 80% |
Occidental College | 37 | 80% |
Gettysburg College | 45 | 79% |
Union College | 39 | 79% |
Whitman College | 50 | 79% |
Rhodes College | 45 | 79% |
Comparing merit aid in colleges with similar acceptance rates.
Name | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() |
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 92% | $16,235 |
Bryan College Dayton | 86% | $18,655 |
Baylor University | 84% | $17,731 |
St Olaf College | 87% | $17,556 |
Hillsdale College | 95% | $16,596 |
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