Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
4.6%
1,334 admitted
SAT · 50th
1550
Range 1520–1570
6-yr grad
96.0%
Retention 99.0%
Undergrads
4,561
8:1 S-F
Admissions
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4.6%
1,334 admitted
from 29,281 apps
Applications29,281
Overall admit rate4.6%
Enrolled1,152 · 86.4% yield
Admitted from waitlist10 of 561
Very important factorsCharacter
Important factorsGPA, Application essay, Extracurriculars, Interview, Recs, Rigor of HS record, Test scores, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1550
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1520–1570 · 83.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W740760780
Math780790800
Comp152015501570
ACT
255075
Comp343535
Cost & aid
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$66,720
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$66,720
Fees$420
Room & board$22,194
Books$930
Avg need-based grant$71,120
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$41,297
Academics
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8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
99.0% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention99.0%
4-year graduation86.0%
6-year graduation96.0%
Enrollment
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4,561
undergraduates
90.0% out-of-state · 124 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates4,561
First-year1,152
Full-time99%
Female48%
Out-of-state90.0%
International (freshmen)124
Rankings
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#1
Forbes
America's Top Colleges
SourceListRankYr
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#126
NicheBest Colleges in America#126
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#126
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Production/Operations Management#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Quantitative Analysis#126
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMassachusetts colleges25
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionJan 1 → Mar 20 → May 1
Early actionNov 1 → Dec 20
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyRequired
Admissions URLhttp://mitadmissions.org
Admissions emailadmissions@mit.edu
Admissions phone617.253.3400
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Stanford University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Stanford University CA · Private (nonprofit)3.8%15507K
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
California Institute of Technology CA · Private (nonprofit)2.6%—987
Princeton University NJ · Private (nonprofit)4.4%15305K
Carnegie Mellon University PA · Private (nonprofit)11.1%15407K
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5 years of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.