Wentworth Institute of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Wentworth Institute of Technology

Wentworth Institute of Technology operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 3,747 students of which 4,420 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Wentworth Institute of Technology is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 91.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,229 and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $34,170, with published in-state tuition of $42,884 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,028, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 68.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 83.8%. Graduates earn a median of $82,721 ten years after enrolling, compared with $71,868 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 178100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 85.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.