Editing Worcester Polytechnic Institute (section)

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 86
| Wamo_NU = 99
| Forbes = 93
| QS_W = 801-1000
| THES_W = 601-800
| THE_WSJ = 120
| USNWR_W = 1358
| ARWU_W = 901-1000
}}

WPI was ranked tied for 86th among national universities in ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'''s 2025 review of "Best Colleges" in the U.S. ''U.S. News & World Report'' also rated it tied at 63rd for "Most Innovative", 77th for "Best Value", and tied for 291st for "Top Performers on Social Mobility" among national universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US News and World Report 2025 Bast Colleges--Worcester Polytechnic Institute |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/wpi-2233/overall-rankings}}</ref>

In 2013, ''[[Businessweek]]'' ranked WPI No. 1 in the nation for its part-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, and No. 1 in the nation for student satisfaction in the program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wpi.edu/news/bbergbssch|title=Bloomberg Businessweek Rates WPI School of Business No. 1 in the Nation for Entrepreneurship|website=WPI|language=en|access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref>

In August 2019, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine's annual ranking of "America's Top Colleges" placed WPI at No. 93. "Forbes' college ranking is distinguished by its consumer-centric approach," said Caroline Howard, Director of Editorial Operations, Forbes. "The evaluation of the 650 undergraduate institutions is based exclusively on the quality of the education they provide, the experiences of the students and their post-graduate success and financial well-being."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2019/08/15/forbes-releases-annual-ranking-of-americas-top-colleges/|title=Forbes Releases Annual Ranking of America's Top Colleges|first=Forbes Corporate|last=Communications|website=Forbes}}</ref>

In 2017, WPI received a gold rating through [[Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education#STARS|Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System]] (also known as STARS) for its sustainability efforts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stars.aashe.org/institutions/worcester-polytechnic-institute-ma/report/2017-05-23/|title=Worcester Polytechnic Institute|website=stars.aashe.org|language=en|access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-earns-gold-star-sustainability-rating|title=WPI Earns Gold Star Sustainability Rating|work=WPI|access-date=July 22, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Worcester Polytechnic Institute is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE|publisher=[[New England Commission of Higher Education]]|url=https://www.neche.org/institutions/ma/|access-date=May 26, 2021}}</ref>