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MIT

Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location Cambridge, MA

Population 4,000,000

Website http://web.mit.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,571

Men / Women 52% / 48%

Asian 29%

White 22%

Hispanic 13%

International 12%

Black 7%

Mixed 6%

Native American 0%

From State 9%

From Region 13%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Computer Science 35%

Engineering 32%

Physical Sciences & Math 20%

Humanities & Social Sciences 5%

Life & Natural Sciences 5%

Business & Economics 2%

Arts 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $59,320

Est. Cost of Attendance $82,730

10-Year ROI $579,000

ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 99%

4-Year Graduation Rate 83%

6-Year Graduation Rate 96%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)

Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)

Days Without Precipitation 239 (33%)

Admissions

Uses Common App No

Acceptance Rate 5%

Yield (Unbound) 85%

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Engineering, Computing & Math	$547M	#5
Humanities & Social Sciences	$60M	#19
Life & Natural Sciences	$370M	#54

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	430	#3
Life & Natural Sciences	175	#139
Humanities & Social Sciences	68	#216

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 100%

SAT Range 1530 – 1570

SAT Math Range 780 – 800

SAT RW Range 740 – 780

ACT Range 34 – 36

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Architecture and Planning	16	31% / 69%	6%	$99,932		94%
Architecture (Course 4)	7 +4	43% / 57%	14%	$87,746	87	94%
Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science (Course 11-6)	9 +2	22% / 78%	0%	$109,410	97	94%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Engineering	736	52% / 48%	9%	$172,688		94%
Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)	55 +2	71% / 29%	2%	$138,934	99	94%
Biological Engineering (Course 20)	48 +1	12% / 88%	8%	$106,402	97	100%
Chemical Engineering (Course 10)	32 —	31% / 69%	3%	$124,650	99	90%
Chemical-Biological Engineering (Course 10-B)	17 +2	53% / 47%	18%	$124,650	99	90%
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1)	4 —	25% / 75%	0%	$95,276	92	94%
Electrical Engineering with Computing (Course 6-5)	58 +13	59% / 41%	3%	$190,731	100	96%
Environmental Engineering Science (Course 1-ENG)	5 —	20% / 80%	20%	$125,333	99	—
Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3)	23 —	26% / 74%	0%	$98,069	93	89%
Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)	104 +2	47% / 53%	5%	$106,765	97	94%
Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)	9 +1	33% / 67%	0%	$98,609	94	—
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making (Course 6-4)	19 +18	84% / 16%	16%	$203,415	100	—
Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3)	323 +43	58% / 42%	13%	$220,064	100	94%
Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (Course 6-14)	39 +15	46% / 54%	8%	$178,969	100	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS)	20	60% / 40%	5%	$123,244		100%
Mathematical Economics (Course 14-2)	6 +8	50% / 50%	0%	$148,349	100	—
Humanities and Engineering/Science (Course 21E/21S)	6 +3	67% / 33%	0%	$145,038	100	100%
Philosophy (Course 24-1)	2 +2	100% / 0%	0%	$81,658	82	—
Political Science (Course 17)	4 +3	50% / 50%	25%	$103,647	96	—
Writing (Course 21W)	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$63,331	48	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Science	312	49% / 51%	14%	$148,882		94%
Chemistry (Course 5)	26 —	46% / 54%	31%	$120,827	99	94%
Climate System Science and Engineering (Course 1-12)	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$73,491	71	—
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)	4 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$71,791	68	—
Financial Mathematics (Course 18)	19 +4	58% / 42%	5%	$180,550	100	—
Mathematics (Course 18)	98 +75	61% / 39%	22%	$226,193	100	97%
Mathematics with Computer Science (Course 18-C)	19 +1	68% / 32%	11%	$182,922	100	82%
Physics (Course 8)	49 +21	59% / 41%	16%	$126,258	99	90%
Biology (Course 7)	23 +12	22% / 78%	4%	$82,813	83	100%
Computer Science and Molecular Biology (Course 6-7)	22 +1	27% / 73%	0%	$78,804	79	—
Neuroscience (Course 9)	7 +7	29% / 71%	0%	$69,781	64	90%
Computation and Cognition (Course 6-9)	44 +5	34% / 66%	5%	$80,972	81	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Sloan School of Management	15	53% / 47%	0%	$144,772		95%
Business Analytics (Course 15-2)	6 +7	50% / 50%	0%	$144,772	100	95%
Management Science (Course 15)	9 +14	56% / 44%	0%	$144,772	100	95%