by our College Data Analytics Team
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Wentworth Institute of Technology was awarded 145 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is construction management.
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WIT is ranked #234 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when WIT held the #529 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
WIT is also ranked #18 out of 63 schools in Massachusetts.
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Wentworth Institute of Technology has an acceptance rate of 90%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for WIT.
About 22% of students accepted to WIT submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 580 and 670.
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The student to faculty ratio at Wentworth Institute of Technology is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wentworth Institute of Technology is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Wentworth Institute of Technology has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at WIT for first-time, full-time students is 60%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,222 undergraduates at WIT with 3,842 being full-time and 380 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28,920 | $32,080 | $33,733 | $36,692 | $39,178 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of WIT, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At WIT, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $10,138 a year. That adds up to $40,552 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at WIT is 2.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for WIT are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 550 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 |
| Phone: | 617-989-4590 |
| Website: | https://wit.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/wentworthadmissions |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/witathletics |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 127 | $71,722 |
| Computer Science | 119 | $76,551 |
| Construction Management | 106 | $72,808 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 97 | NA |
| Civil Engineering | 64 | $66,637 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 62 | $50,498 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 57 | $61,130 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 55 | $63,963 |
| Computer Engineering | 54 | $74,154 |
| Electrical Engineering | 33 | $74,430 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 958 students took at least one online class at Wentworth Institute of Technology. This is a decrease from the 4,388 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 958 | 221 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,388 | 3,352 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,147 | 162 |
| 2017-2018 | 496 | 189 |
| 2016-2017 | 401 | 186 |
Learn more about online learning at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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