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Wentworth Institute of Technology

MAMedium private nonprofit institution · Overall rank #553 nationally

Data snapshot Updated

Azimuth places the university in the 62nd percentile overall among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Who it’s a good fit for

Wentworth Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit university in Boston with a heavily technical degree mix. Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, and Business account for most of the bachelor's degrees awarded.

Return is among the highest we track, while affordability is below the levels seen at many peers. Graduates out-earn what predicts for students like them, and the model attributes more of that to a remainder it does not explain than to the factors it measures.

Most graduates are estimated to go into work rather than further study, so the four-year earnings picture captures the typical outcome. Pell recipients complete at a rate that runs above the overall six-year rate, and mobility is around the average.

The net price picture is steep: the lowest income band averages well below the published cost, but the spread between the lowest and highest bands is wide. The admission rate is above the median for comparable institutions, and the university's largest programs are among its best-paid ones.

A student drawn to the technology and engineering fields will find the degree mix aligned with the earnings picture.

Wentworth Institute of Technology at a glance

Admissions and outcomes

Admission rate[1]
91.2%
Six-year completion[2]
68.2%
Four-year earnings[3]
$95,027

Cost and family borrowing

Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[6]
$31,922
Median student debt[4]
$25,028
Median Parent PLUS debt[7]
$65,597

Wentworth Institute of Technology rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]

Wentworth Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit university in Boston, Massachusetts, home to 3,747 undergraduates. The university sits slightly above the middle of the Azimuth ranking among nonprofit four-year institutions (the 62nd percentile).

Applicants find broad access: Wentworth Institute of Technology accepts 91.2% of those who apply, against 71.2%, the peer median for comparable institutions of the same type and size. Among full-time entrants, 83.8% return for a second year, close to the peer median of 83.4%.

The six-year graduation rate is 68.2%, compared with a peer median of 68.8%. An estimated 10.9% of students arrive as transfers or part-time students, so the six-year figure captures the first-time cohort but not everyone who studies here.

Return is the strongest by a wide margin, while affordability is the weakest of the four. Mobility and access sit between those extremes.

The distance from the top pillar to the bottom runs from the 96th percentile down to the 6th.

Return is the clear strength at Wentworth Institute of Technology, while affordability is the part of the profile that most warrants cost scrutiny. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, return is in the 96th percentile, the strongest pillar, and affordability is in the 6th percentile, the weakest. Access is in the 26th percentile and mobility is in the 52nd percentile.

23.1% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. Azimuth ranks Wentworth Institute of Technology #1,081 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Pell recipients complete at 71.8%, 3.6 percentage points above the rate for the entering cohort as a whole. For mobility, Azimuth ranks the university #699. Graduates earn about $24,702 more than the model expects for similar students.

How value-added outcomes are assessed · How to interpret program rankings

Wentworth Institute of Technology rankings in context
GeographyRank
National#553
Massachusetts#27
Northeast#146

Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group.

National pillar percentiles

Economic mobility
National percentile: 52
Access & reach
National percentile: 26
Affordability
National percentile: 6
Return on investment
National percentile: 96

01 / Wentworth Institute of Technology briefing

Wentworth Institute of Technology cost & financial aid[6][7]

At Wentworth Institute of Technology, the published cost of attendance is $61,096 (an average across living arrangements) before aid is applied. Published tuition and fees are $42,884, with room and board listed at $19,302.

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported $1,400 in required fees and $20,126 for on-campus food and housing. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $34,170, and aid offsets $26,926 of the published cost on average.

At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median net price is $27,371; Wentworth's is $6,799 above that figure. Azimuth ranks the university #1,336 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Its high published charges and above-peer point in the same direction.

The published cost of attendance at Wentworth Institute of Technology is $61,096 (an average across living arrangements), and its affordability standing is low. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $27,018 in the low-income family-income band, $27,588 in the lower-middle band, $31,922 in the middle band, $35,769 in the upper-middle band, and $38,272 in the high-income band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $11,254. Azimuth places the university in the 6th percentile for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Aid covers about 44% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, a savings of $26,926. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $34,170, alongside tuition and fees of $42,884 and room and board of $19,302.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $27,371; the university's average net price is $6,799 above that figure. Aid reduces the sticker price, but the average price remains above the peer median.

Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $25,028, and 95.3% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. Comparable institutions (same type and size) have a peer median debt of $24,199, with the university's median $829 above it.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. Median Parent PLUS borrowing for parent borrowers is $65,597.

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Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$31,922

After grants and scholarships. Your aid offer may differ.

Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.

Borrowing and repayment at Wentworth Institute of Technology

Federal loans are part of the picture for 95.3% of federal aid recipients at Wentworth Institute of Technology. For comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median federal debt is $24,199, and the university's median is $829 above it.

For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $65,597. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 84% of graduates borrowed from any source, with an average cumulative amount per borrower of $37,023.

Including 83% of graduates with federal loans, the average cumulative federal debt per federal borrower was $21,878. Of graduates, 27% had private loans, averaging $48,214 per private borrower.

The return picture begins with median earnings of $95,027 four years after completion at Wentworth Institute of Technology, in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions according to Azimuth. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, also ranks highly.

Graduates earn about $24,702 more than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth places that measure in the 98th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios range from $74,914 in the downside case to $116,968 in the upside case, with $95,027 as the typical scenario. Median federal debt is $25,028, compared with $24,199 for comparable institutions (same type and size), or $829 above the peer median.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. High earnings and a debt figure above the peer median point in different directions.

Parent borrowers, a population separate from student borrowers, show a median Parent PLUS debt of $65,597. Borrowers with the median federal student debt face an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years.

How Financial GPS measures payment burden · The four risk-and-reward zones

Financial GPS

What does repayment look like?

Institution median student debt
$25,028
Institution Parent PLUS debt
$65,597

Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.

Estimated student payment · monthly
$284/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$833/mo

Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.

Payment assumptions

Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.

Explore your own numbers in Financial GPS
Read the full cost & aid brief

02 / Wentworth Institute of Technology briefing

Wentworth Institute of Technology career outcomes & earnings[3][8][9]

Wentworth Institute of Technology shows earnings beyond expectations alongside a high return standing. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $24,702 more than the model expects for similar students. That measure—the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students—lands in the 98th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,941. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $16,761.

Within that share, the STEM component adds $8,003. Federally aided completers working and not enrolled have median earnings of $95,027 four years after completion, in the 96th percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; the university stands $26,777 above it. The model and peer comparison both favor the university.

Wentworth Institute of Technology posts a high earnings figure: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $95,027 four years after completion. It describes the middle earnings result, so individual graduates can land above or below it.

Azimuth places that measure in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 1,231 completers. A typical earnings scenario based on the program mix is $95,027 four years after completion; it is a scenario rather than an observed group.

An estimated 23.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The institutional earnings measure and modeled scenario point in the same direction.

At Wentworth Institute of Technology, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $95,027 four years after completion. Azimuth places that earnings figure in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; the university's figure is $26,777 above it. Graduates earn about $24,702 more than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 98th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,941.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $16,761. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $8,003.

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $74,914 in the downside scenario to $116,968 in the upside scenario. Azimuth ranks the university #59 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Computer Science is the largest program, with 116 degrees awarded and median earnings of $121,671 four years after completion.

At Wentworth Institute of Technology, earnings scenarios show that outcomes can differ widely across the program mix. Four years after completion, the downside earnings scenario is $74,914 and the upside scenario is $116,968, with $95,027 as the typical scenario.

These are earnings scenarios, not observed groups of graduates. Individual field medians can extend beyond that range: Computer Science reaches $121,671 four years after completion, while Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications reaches $111,413 and Construction Management reaches $111,195.

The field figures show why the modeled range should be read as a program-mix guide rather than a ceiling.

Wentworth Institute of Technology pairs unusually strong modeled earnings with borrowing and prices that sit somewhat above comparable schools. Borrowers who completed had median federal student loan debt of $25,028, above the $24,199 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $829.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $34,170.

That is above the $27,371 peer median by $6,799, though aid covers about 44% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Graduates earn about $24,702 more than the model expects for similar students.

Higher costs and debt sit alongside earnings that exceed the model’s expectation.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$7,941
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
+$16,761
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$24,702

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Read the full outcomes brief

03 / Wentworth Institute of Technology briefing

Wentworth Institute of Technology acceptance rate & admissions[1][10][11]

Most applicants in the reported entering-class pool were admitted: 91.2%, above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The published rate summarizes an admissions outcome across that pool, rather than setting a threshold for an individual application.

It is a broad-admission-rate picture relative to comparable institutions, but it does not indicate any one applicant's odds.

SAT: reported composite scores
Admission rate
91.2%
25th percentile
1180
Median
1300
75th percentile
1390

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Read the full admissions brief

04 / Wentworth Institute of Technology briefing

What are the largest majors at Wentworth Institute of Technology?[12]

The program figures place several technical offerings at the higher end of the school’s earnings range four years after completion. Computer Science records median earnings of $121,671 and 116 degrees awarded in one academic year.

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications posts $111,413 with 33 degrees awarded, and Construction Management shows $111,195 across 112 degrees awarded. Design and Applied Arts sits at a more moderate $68,160 four years after completion, with 65 degrees awarded.

The contrast between those figures shows that earnings differ materially by field, even among the school’s larger programs.

The degree mix centers on Engineering, which accounts for 39.4% of bachelor’s degrees awarded. Computer & Information Sciences accounts for 20.4%, and Business accounts for 20.3%, so the largest fields span technical and business study.

The largest fields therefore show different scales but consistently technical program options.

Wentworth Institute of Technology awards degrees across a focused set of technical fields. Engineering accounts for 39.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Computer & Information Sciences at 20.4% and Business at 20.3%.

The largest single program is Computer Science, at 116 degrees awarded, closely followed by Construction Management with 112 and Mechanical Engineering with 109. 14 programs have published four-year earnings data.

Across all fields, 58.4% of degrees are in STEM. The highest-earning program is also the largest: Computer Science.

Its graduates earn a median of $121,671 four years after completion, a benchmark ratio of 1.14x against the national median for its field. Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, a smaller program with 33 degrees awarded, follows at $111,413 and a benchmark ratio of 1.51x.

Construction Management, the second-largest program, reports median earnings of $111,195. Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services graduates earn $101,580, a benchmark ratio of 1.46x, from 54 degrees awarded.

Earnings are strong across the top programs, but they are not uniform. Mechanical Engineering, the third-largest program with published earnings, reports median earnings of $97,124, while Design and Applied Arts, at 65 degrees awarded, reports $68,160.

The return picture is strongest in computing and construction management, and the largest programs do not all sit at the top of the earnings range. Electromechanical Engineering, a smaller program with 27 degrees awarded, rounds out the top five at $100,012.

Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields
Computer Science 116 degrees awarded
$121,671
Construction Management 112 degrees awarded
$111,195
Mechanical Engineering 109 degrees awarded
$97,124
Architectural Sciences and Technology 97 degrees awarded
Too few graduates to report
Design and Applied Arts 65 degrees awarded
$68,160
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other 54 degrees awarded
$101,580

Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.

Read the full majors brief

05 / Wentworth Institute of Technology briefing

How does Wentworth Institute of Technology serve students from different backgrounds?

At Wentworth Institute of Technology, mobility combines completion figures with modeled earnings beyond expectations. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 68.2%, and Pell recipients complete within six years at 71.8%, above the overall rate by 3.6 percentage points.

Azimuth places the mobility pillar in the 52nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $24,702 more than the model expects for similar students.

That earnings-beyond-expectations measure, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in Azimuth's 98th percentile nationally.

Admission is the clearest entry measure at Wentworth Institute of Technology, where the admission rate is 91.2% and undergraduate enrollment is 3,747 undergraduates. Pell Grant recipients make up 23.1% of undergraduates, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 10.9%.

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, its access pillar sits in the 26th percentile. The enrollment mix and access percentile add context that the admission rate cannot provide on its own.

06 / Wentworth Institute of Technology briefing

What colleges are similar to Wentworth Institute of Technology?[15]

Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.

A shortlist for different decisions

Choose a row to compare the figures with Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Admissions peerRoger Williams University87.7% admitted
Comparison with Wentworth Institute of Technology
MeasureWentworth Institute of TechnologyRoger Williams University
Peer earnings · 4 years$95,027$68,129-$26,898 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology
Average annual net price$34,170$37,999+$3,829 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology · higher cost
Admission rate91.2%87.7%
Nearby alternativeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteNearby option · MA
Comparison with Wentworth Institute of Technology
MeasureWentworth Institute of TechnologyWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Peer earnings · 4 years$95,027$105,724+$10,697 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology
Average annual net price$34,170$43,071+$8,901 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology · higher cost
Admission rate91.2%60.2%
Explore Worcester Polytechnic Institute →
Higher-earnings alternativeUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis$131,813 earnings
Comparison with Wentworth Institute of Technology
MeasureWentworth Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
Peer earnings · 4 years$95,027$131,813+$36,786 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology
Average annual net price$34,170$31,817-$2,353 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology · lower cost
Admission rate91.2%89.8%
Explore University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis →
Lower-cost alternativeMassachusetts Maritime Academy$21,582 average net price
Comparison with Wentworth Institute of Technology
MeasureWentworth Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Maritime Academy
Peer earnings · 4 years$95,027$103,680+$8,653 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology
Average annual net price$34,170$21,582-$12,588 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology · lower cost
Admission rate91.2%94.7%
Explore Massachusetts Maritime Academy →
Similar profileBucknell UniversityMatched across several measures
Comparison with Wentworth Institute of Technology
MeasureWentworth Institute of TechnologyBucknell University
Peer earnings · 4 years$95,027$96,035+$1,008 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology
Average annual net price$34,170$40,766+$6,596 vs Wentworth Institute of Technology · higher cost
Admission rate91.2%28.9%
Explore Bucknell University →

Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.

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Data scope & methodology

Structured payloads generated Governed hub narrative Governed spoke corpus

Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.

Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.

Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.

Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations · About College Azimuth

Read the analysis behind value-added earnings and the change to four-year graduate earnings. These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com.

Data notes & source fields

Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.

  1. Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.

    Source fields: ADM_RATE

  2. Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.

    Source fields: C150_4

  3. Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.

    Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

  4. Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.

    Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN

  5. National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.

    Source fields: Azimuth rankings

    College Azimuth · Ranking methodology

  6. Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.

    Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV

  7. Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance uses the frozen 2024 framework baseline. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.

    Source fields: PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations

    College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology

  8. Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.

    Source fields: Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios

    College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology

  9. Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

    Source fields: Azimuth statistical model

    College Azimuth · Value-added methodology

  10. SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.

    Source fields: SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG

  11. First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.

    Source fields: RET_FT4

  12. Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.

    Source fields: EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE

    College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation

  13. Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.

    Source fields: PCTPELL

  14. Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.

    Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF

  15. Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.

    Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

    College Azimuth · Comparison methodology

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