Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit
4.5%
Acceptance rate
1,553
SAT Average
$19,813
Avg net price
4,571
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,158Master’s 1,985Doctoral 704 |
| Bachelor’s 408Master’s 319Doctoral 107 |
| Bachelor’s 316Master’s 540Doctoral 287 |
| Bachelor’s 117Master’s 117Doctoral 22 |
| Bachelor’s 114Master’s 48Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 78Master’s 13Doctoral 133 |
| Bachelor’s 47Master’s 9Doctoral 50 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 729Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 145Doctoral 19 |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 22Doctoral 27 |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s 39Doctoral 26 |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s 1Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s 3Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports28
Athletic participation
799 unique student-athletes · 31 varsity teams
Early Action (EA)
Early Action is an option for all applicants, domestic and international. Our Early Action isn't single-choice, binding, or anything like that.
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 30
Regular Action (RA)
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
· Apply with the college's application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $61,990
- Required fees
- $406
- Food and housing
- $20,280
- Books and supplies
- $910
- Other expenses
- $2,374
- Total
- $85,960
- $73,1602019–2019–20
- $72,4622020–2120–21
- $77,0202021–2221–22
- $79,8502022–2322–23
- $82,7302023–2423–24
- $85,9602024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $19,813 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 61%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $73,398
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Massachusetts Institute of Technology withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,152 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 70% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
83% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
31% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 31% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 31% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Important
- Academic GPA
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Massachusetts Institute of Technology leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $90,264 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $19,813 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 700 of 1,155 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $90,264
Averages among the 700 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers need-based aid only (no merit for nonresidents): nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Avg merit award
Not disclosedMassachusetts Institute of Technology admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
99% of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s first-years return for a second year and 96.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03