MIT

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 4,000,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (33%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,507
Men / Women 51% / 49%
From State 9%
From Region 13%
Athletes 799 (17.8%)

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 35%
White 21%
Hispanic 14%
International 12%
Black 8%
Mixed 7%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Architecture and Planning 27 33% 15% 33% 7% 30% 15% $95,480 93 +3.14 86 94%
Architecture (Course 4) 10 +1 30% 0% 20% 20% 30% 30% $82,635 96 +1.67 73 94% — — — —
Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science (Course 11-6) 17 +1 35% 24% 41% 0% 29% 6% $103,037 100 +4.01 91 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering 752 53% 21% 35% 9% 14% 9% $161,586 100 +1.88 100 94%
Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16) 45 +1 53% 53% 20% 4% 16% 2% $107,312 80 +0.61 93 94% — — — —
Biological Engineering (Course 20) 35 +1 23% 34% 29% 14% 14% 0% $87,575 18 -0.95 79 92% — — — —
Chemical Engineering (Course 10) 22 — 32% 18% 14% 14% 36% 5% $132,443 99 +2.76 99 97% — — — —
Chemical-Biological Engineering (Course 10-B) 10 — 30% 0% 40% 30% 10% 0% $132,443 99 +2.76 99 97% — — — —
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1) 6 +1 50% 33% 33% 0% 0% 33% $89,696 32 -0.38 81 94% — — — —
Electrical Engineering with Computing (Course 6-5) 59 +17 68% 15% 34% 12% 12% 10% $170,669 98 +2.53 100 99% — — — —
Environmental Engineering Science (Course 1-ENG) 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% $121,573 100 +4.98 98 — — — — —
Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) 12 +2 17% 33% 17% 8% 25% 0% $92,325 36 -0.24 83 89% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) 113 +5 50% 30% 19% 13% 22% 3% $123,103 99 +3.00 98 94% — — — —
Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22) 13 +2 31% 54% 8% 8% 15% 0% $104,501 52 -0.27 92 — — — — —
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making (Course 6-4) 85 +24 59% 20% 39% 11% 7% 16% $181,134 90 +1.57 100 — — — — —
Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3) 323 +39 58% 12% 45% 6% 13% 12% $191,593 93 +1.95 100 93% — — — —
Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (Course 6-14) 28 +17 54% 14% 39% 18% 14% 4% $178,343 100 +3.06 100 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) 24 29% 21% 29% 21% 17% 0% $156,621 100 +6.17 100 90%
Mathematical Economics (Course 14-2) 7 +4 29% 29% 43% 14% 0% 0% $215,079 100 +4.40 100 — — — — —
Humanities and Engineering/Science (Course 21E/21S) 8 +2 38% 0% 25% 38% 38% 0% $170,115 100 +10.81 100 90% — — — —
Linguistics 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $91,278 100 +2.96 82 — — — — —
Philosophy (Course 24-1) 2 +3 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $89,752 97 +2.13 81 — — — — —
Writing (Course 21W) 1 +3 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $72,778 98 +2.48 53 — — — — —
Mass Communication 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $124,029 100 +5.80 98 — — — — —
Political Science (Course 17) 2 +4 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $119,825 100 +3.50 97 — — — — —
Theater 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,182 99 +2.43 22 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Science 328 52% 22% 32% 9% 11% 14% $138,502 100 +2.39 99 93%
Chemistry (Course 5) 17 +2 47% 12% 18% 18% 18% 24% $113,666 100 +4.06 96 94% — — — —
Climate System Science and Engineering (Course 1-12) 2 +1 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 50% $77,991 91 +1.17 65 — — — — —
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12) 8 +2 12% 50% 25% 0% 12% 0% $76,198 89 +1.00 61 — — — — —
Financial Mathematics (Course 18) 20 +5 35% 40% 30% 5% 10% 0% $176,571 94 +2.15 100 — — — — —
Mathematics (Course 18) 97 +79 66% 21% 35% 3% 11% 22% $188,434 100 +3.89 100 94% — — — —
Mathematics with Computer Science (Course 18-C) 29 +3 69% 21% 45% 14% 10% 7% $178,458 95 +2.21 100 91% — — — —
Physics (Course 8) 53 +24 64% 17% 25% 4% 13% 19% $118,775 99 +2.53 97 90% — — — —
Biology (Course 7) 17 +8 35% 12% 35% 12% 12% 12% $77,486 93 +1.28 64 100% — — — —
Computer Science and Molecular Biology (Course 6-7) 26 +1 38% 15% 42% 15% 4% 12% $73,179 58 +0.15 54 — — — — —
Neuroscience (Course 9) 4 +3 25% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% $65,292 35 -0.15 33 90% — — — —
Computation and Cognition (Course 6-9) 55 +5 33% 25% 31% 18% 11% 5% $108,543 78 +1.12 94 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Sloan School of Management 27 30% 33% 30% 7% 19% 7% $135,389 100 +2.78 99 95%
Business Analytics (Course 15-2) 11 +4 45% 27% 45% 0% 18% 0% $135,389 99 +2.46 99 95% — — — —
Management Science (Course 15) 16 +13 19% 38% 19% 12% 19% 12% $135,389 98 +3.00 99 95% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $69,357
ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 99%
4-Year Graduation Rate 83%
6-Year Graduation Rate 96%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

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).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Computer Science 37.7% 436 58% 14% 44% 8% 12% 12% $188,703 97 +1.95 100 93% —
Engineering 27.3% 316 47% 30% 23% 12% 18% 4% $124,173 98 +1.80 98 95% —
Physical Sciences & Math 19.5% 226 60% 22% 31% 6% 12% 17% $159,194 98 +3.09 100 92% —
Social Sciences 5.1% 59 34% 27% 29% 19% 10% 5% $109,450 100 +1.36 94 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.1% 47 36% 17% 38% 13% 6% 11% $74,066 84 +0.53 56 98% —
Business & Economics 2.9% 34 29% 32% 32% 9% 15% 6% $151,796 99 +3.12 100 95% —
Arts 2.4% 28 32% 14% 32% 7% 29% 14% $94,256 100 +3.11 85 94% —
Humanities 1.0% 12 25% 8% 33% 25% 33% 0% $142,040 100 +8.02 99 90% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $413M #6 58% $68.7M 289 #4 1,571 732
Physical Sciences & Math $249M #8 71% $33.6M 132 #6 862 366
Computer Science $121M #7 50% $33.4M 100 #1 500 96
Life & Natural Sciences $89.8M #65 68% $5.8M 69 #35 399 226
Business & Economics $50.2M #7 13% $4.5M 37 #19 129 4
Health Sciences $39.9M #83 79% $0.4M — — — —
Education $38.0M #10 3% $22.1M — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $22.1M #96 31% $1.9M 65 #78 102 9
Agriculture & Food Science $2.5M #121 1% $0.2M — — — —
Total $1,027M #30 57% $170M 692 #19 3,563 1,433

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 69 $285K $285K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 67 $117K $117K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 67 $131K $131K $0
Rowing 63 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Lacrosse 37 $141K $141K $0
Swimming & Diving 31 $229K $229K $0
Baseball 30 $188K $188K $0
Cross Country 30 $57K $57K $0
Soccer 30 $123K $123K $0
Fencing 22 $104K $104K $0
Basketball 20 $181K $181K $0
Sailing 20 $110K $110K $0
Volleyball 17 $147K $147K $0
Tennis 15 $102K $102K $0
Water Polo 15 $163K $163K $0
Squash 14 $139K $139K $0
Rifle 7 $32K $32K $0
Total 439 $3.5M $3.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Rowing 72 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 54 $128K $128K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 52 $99K $99K $0
Swimming & Diving 40 $212K $212K $0
Soccer 33 $130K $130K $0
Lacrosse 24 $111K $111K $0
Field Hockey 23 $126K $126K $0
Volleyball 22 $134K $134K $0
Fencing 21 $95K $95K $0
Softball 20 $248K $248K $0
Cross Country 19 $55K $55K $0
Sailing 19 $219K $219K $0
Basketball 16 $170K $170K $0
Tennis 12 $159K $159K $0
Rifle 5 $23K $23K $0
Total 360 $3.1M $3.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Rowing 135 $2.4M $2.4M $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 121 $260K $260K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 119 $217K $217K $0
Swimming & Diving 71 $442K $442K $0
Football 69 $285K $285K $0
Soccer 63 $253K $253K $0
Lacrosse 61 $253K $253K $0
Cross Country 49 $112K $112K $0
Fencing 43 $200K $200K $0
Sailing 39 $329K $329K $0
Volleyball 39 $282K $282K $0
Basketball 36 $351K $351K $0
Baseball 30 $188K $188K $0
Tennis 27 $262K $262K $0
Field Hockey 23 $126K $126K $0
Softball 20 $248K $248K $0
Water Polo 15 $163K $163K $0
Squash 14 $139K $139K $0
Rifle 12 $56K $56K $0
Total 799 $9.7M $9.7M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 4.6%
Yield (non-ED) 86%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 5% 5% 5%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1520 – 1570
SAT Math Range 780 – 800
SAT RW Range 740 – 780