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#56 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#70 Best Value Schools
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#64 National Universities
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#57 Most Innovative Schools
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#270 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#195 Business Programs
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#61 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#14 Senior Capstone
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#19 Co-ops/Internships
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is ranked #64 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
59
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
72
Graduation and retention rank
36
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
87%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
96%
Social Mobility Rank
270
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
88%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
87%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
88%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
30
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
55
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
93.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
89%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
63.7%
Classes with 50 or more students
11%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
48
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
64%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
83
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
129
Average alumni giving rate
9.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
