- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MACity: largeZIP 02115Founded 1904
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1904
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- wit.edu
MassachusettsPrivate nonprofit
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wentworth Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit college in Boston, Massachusetts, with 3,747 undergraduates. It admits 91% of applicants, graduates 63% within six years and costs $30,134 a year after aid.
63%graduate
Admission rate91%
Retention84%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share29%
Federal loans59%
$30,134net price / year
91%admission rate
1229average SAT
63%graduate in 6 years
$94,995median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#89 of 1,704 for earnings#1,460 of 1,739 for lowest net price#566 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,238 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $61,915tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $45,460
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $45,460
- Average net price
- $30,134national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$24,776
$30,001–48,000$25,440
$48,001–75,000$26,511
$75,001–110,000$30,273
$110,001+$34,896
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 91%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1229
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 560–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 550–660
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–31
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college91%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college63%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college29%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 63%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 68%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $78,977
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $94,995middle 50%: $69,115–$127,820
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$127,820
Median, Wentworth Institute of Technology$94,995
Lower quarter$69,115
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 3,747
- Part-time
- 3.3%
- Women / men
- 26% / 74%
- Average age at entry
- 20.7
- First-generation students
- 25%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 48%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,150 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $14,597
- Endowment, end of year
- $160,162,385
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White57%
Hispanic15%
Black8.7%
Asian8.6%
Two or more races3.6%
U.S. nonresident4.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown3.0%
9 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering32%
Computer & information sciences24%
Business & management21%
Architecture13%
Visual & performing arts6.3%
Engineering technologies1.7%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies1.2%
Mathematics & statistics0.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 168227. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q12010517.