Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted 4.5% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1520–1580 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $14,815 a year. Within six years, 96% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 4.5%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Required
- SAT middle 50%
- 1520–1580
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–36
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $85,960 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $14,815 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $64,730 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 96%
- Students who return for a second year
- 99%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $152,553 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 4,535
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 24%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 3 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Computer and information sciences
- 35%
- Engineering
- 27%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 10%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 10%
- Physical sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Chicago IL · 4.5% admitted
- Princeton University NJ · 4.6% admitted
- Columbia University in the City of New York NY · 4% admitted
- Brown University RI · 5.4% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Stanford University CA · 3.6% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- Northeastern University MA · 5.2% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Berklee College of Music MA · 44% admitted
Official sources
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.