Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 4,535 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 5%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $14,815per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 96%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $152,55310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Students from families earning under $200,000 typically attend tuition-free, and parents earning under $100,000 can expect to pay nothing toward the full cost, including housing and dining.
Source: MIT Student Financial Services
More than 90% of MIT undergraduates work on paid research projects through UROP before they graduate.
Source: MIT Student Financial Services
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 5%About 1 in 22 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test scores requiredApplicants must send SAT or ACT scores.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1520–1580Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 34–36Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Massachusetts Institute of Technology's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 5%1,334 admitted of 29,281 first-year applicants
- Off the wait list
- 2%10 admitted of 468 who stayed on the wait list (561 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1520–157083% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 34–3531% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 97%100% were in the top quarter. Based on the 31% whose school ranks.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- Character and personal qualities
Important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Interview
- Activities
- A talent or ability
Considered
- Class rank
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Where you live
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Not considered
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $14,815full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $85,960sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $64,730Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 96%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 99%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $152,55310 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 4,535Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 24%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 26%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Bentley University Waltham, MA — admits 45%
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA — admits 60%
- Brandeis University Waltham, MA — admits 41%
- Emerson College Boston, MA — admits 51%
Also worth a look
- Williams College Williamstown, MA — admits 8%
- Harvard University Cambridge, MA — admits 4%
- Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN — admits 6%
- Rice University Houston, TX — admits 8%
- Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD — admits 6%
- University of Chicago Chicago, IL — admits 4%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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