Which WPI major has the lowest debt?

Software and Media Applications graduates leave with a median of $24,656 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 WPI bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does WPI cost?

Tuition and fees are $60,965 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $43,071 a year.

How many WPI programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at WPI report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

WPI Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Private nonprofit school
Worcester, MA
5,447 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 WPI bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($93,888), and Biology the least ($51,711). The median program pays $78,233.

Tuition and fees$60,965Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$43,071Per year

Graduation rate90%Within 6 years

Admission rate60%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	Computer ScienceAbout 222 graduates a year	$93,888	$148,489	$27,000	6th of 20
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 77 graduates a year	$89,897	$105,931	$26,977	3rd of 11
3	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 18 graduates a year	$86,193	Not reported	$24,656	1st of 2
4	Mechatronics and Robotics EngineeringAbout 116 graduates a year	$85,340	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
5	Chemical EngineeringAbout 51 graduates a year	$78,767	$100,777	$27,000	3rd of 6
6	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 121 graduates a year	$78,283	$102,711	$27,000	2nd of 6
7	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 211 graduates a year	$78,182	$100,164	$27,000	5th of 11
8	Industrial EngineeringAbout 23 graduates a year	$77,994	Not reported	$26,254	1st of 3
9	Civil EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$76,419	$97,994	$27,000	1st of 8
10	Aerospace EngineeringAbout 59 graduates a year	$75,218	$98,303	$27,000	1st of 1
11	Other BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$72,850	$106,505	$26,500	2nd of 3
12	BiologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$51,711	$82,976	$26,999	1st of 32

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$93,888
Electrical Engineering$89,897
Software and Media Applications$86,193
Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering$85,340
Chemical Engineering$78,767

Lowest median debt

Software and Media Applications$24,656
Industrial Engineering$26,254
Other Business$26,500
Electrical Engineering$26,977
Biology$26,999

Largest programs

Computer ScienceAbout 222 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 211 graduates a year
Biomedical EngineeringAbout 121 graduates a year
Mechatronics and Robotics EngineeringAbout 116 graduates a year
Electrical EngineeringAbout 77 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $93,888 in their first year, the most of 12 WPI bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels