A+
Overall Niche Grade
How are grades calculated?
  1. Academics
    A+
  2. Value
    A+
  3. Diversity
    A+
  4. Campus
    B+
  5. Athletics
    B-
  6. Party Scene
    A
  7. Professors
    A+
  8. Location
    A+
  9. Dorms
    A-
  10. Campus Food
    B+
  11. Student Life
    A+
  12. Safety
    B
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ...
Private not-for-profit
Athletic Division
NCAA Division III (with football)
Athletic Conference
New England Football Conference
Address
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Website
web.mit.edu/student

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rankings

Niche rankings are based on rigorous analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews.

Admissions

Acceptance Rate
8%
Application Deadline
January 1
SAT Range
1430-1580
ACT Range
33-35
Application Fee
$75
SAT/ACT
Required
High School GPA
Recommended
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Test Scores and GPA for Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cost

Net Price
$21,691/ year
National
$15,403
Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Net Price by Household Income
  • <$30k
    $8,803/ year
  • $30-48k
    $6,391/ year
  • $49-75k
    $11,650/ year
  • $76-110k
    $18,365/ year
  • $110k+
    $41,018/ year

Academics

Professors
A+
Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
Student Faculty Ratio
3:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
82%
of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.45 responses
94%
of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.48 responses
31%
of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.48 responses

Majors

Most Popular Majors
  • Computer Science
    352 Graduates
  • Mechanical Engineering
    190 Graduates
  • Mathematics & Statistics
    122 Graduates
  • Physics
    82 Graduates
  • Chemical Engineering
    67 Graduates
  • Aerospace Engineering
    58 Graduates
  • Biology
    55 Graduates
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    52 Graduates
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
    50 Graduates
  • Materials Engineering
    33 Graduates

Students

Full-Time Enrollment
4,492Undergrads
Undergrads Over 25
1%
Pell Grant
17%
Varsity Athletes
16%
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes the typical student at this school?
Based on 29 responses
Report
  • Innovative
    45%
  • Atypical
    21%
  • Creative
    17%
  • Exceptional
    17%

Campus Life

Freshmen Live On-Campus
100%
Poll
50%
of students say that Greek life is average, and no one will treat you differently if you don't join.60 responses
Poll
63%
of students say varsity sporting events are attended, but not a huge part of campus life.62 responses
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes your school?
Based on 10 responses
Report
  • "Drinking from a firehose"
    80%
  • Innovative
    10%
  • It's pretty chill
    10%

After College

Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$91,600/ year
National
$33,028
Graduation Rate
92%
National
48%
Employed 2 Years After Graduation
91%
National
83%
90%
of students feel confident they will find a job in their field after graduation.31 responses
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reviews

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I loved visiting the Massachusetts Insititute of Technology! The tour guide was enthusiastic and mentioned extremely relevant facts. The campus is designed beautifully, and Boston is the best city I have lived in!
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I absolutely love my school and I wouldn't change it at all! It's probably the most stressful, hard, and demanding thing I've done up to now but that's what I love about it! It's a challenge and it really is intense but the people I've met, my friends, help me through it all and I love that! The community at MIT is amazing too, there are so many different people on campus both mainstream and off-stream(I guess that's how you say it?) but that makes everyday much better in an open and accepting campus.
I have never been to a place that I have simultaneously loved and hated as much as MIT. I have been challenged in every way, and it has made a stronger person coming out of the other side. I have made some of the best friends here and met some of the smartest and most interesting people as well. Coming out of sophomore year I had never felt more inadequate, I was a B-C student for the first time in my life, failed a class, and got rejected from a dozen companies. When I finally landed an internship I went in expecting to be woefully unprepared based on my class performance. That's when I realized that struggling at MIT was flying anywhere else. The real workforce felt so easy and I barely felt challenged even as I got assigned to more and more projects. MIT's the first place that made me feel stupid, but it also made me realize that comparing myself to others is a terrible way to measure success and that I needed to be the best I could be (which compared to the rest of the world was pretty good.) In short. IHTFP (both meanings).