Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Statistics

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 8 of 13,329	In the World
# 6 of 2,137	In North America
# 6 of 2,128	In the United States
# 2 of 90	In Massachusetts
# 2 of 7	In Cambridge
# 1 of 13,346	For Product and Industrial Design
Top 1-3	For 12 other topics

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Quick Review

Acceptance rate

Average SAT

1,550

Average ACT

Avg. cost to attend

$20,996 /y

Aid receiving

75%

Undergraduates

4,535

Graduates

7,351

Male:Female Ratio

55:45

Type

Privatenot-for-profit

Highest Degree

Doctor's degree

Website

mit.edu

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has an acceptance rate of 5% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	5%	5%	5%
Applicants	28,232	17,210	8,975
Admissions	1,284	606	612
Freshmen enrolled full time	1,102	542	497

Admissions requirements

Recommendations	Required
SAT/ACT	Required
Secondary school record	Required
College-preparatory program	Considered but not required
Secondary school GPA	Considered but not required
Secondary school rank	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests	Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

■ White	22%
■ Nonresident Alien	29%
■ Asian	21%
■ Hispanic	9%
■ Black or African American	4%
■ Two or more races	5%
■ Unknown	9%

Massachusetts Institute of Technology majors

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has granted 1,099 bachelor's degrees across 33 programs, 2,023 master's across 36 programs, and 692 doctorate degrees across 36 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Major	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Management Science	6	701	19
Computer Science	323	236	86
Mechanical Engineering	104	131	47
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	58	108	51
Systems Engineering	-	199	5
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General	55	46	47
Financial Mathematics	19	128	-
Mathematics, General	98	-	26
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	48	4	42
Chemical Engineering	32	26	33
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	9	70	11
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	9	78	-
Chemistry, General	26	5	50
Physics, General	49	1	31
Cognitive Science, General	44	24	1
Biology & Biological Sciences, General	23	1	44
Economics and Computer Science	39	14	-
Materials Engineering	23	5	24
Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology	-	47	3
Computational Biology	22	14	9
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	6	21	18
Nuclear Engineering	9	18	13
Artificial Intelligence	19	16	-
Civil Engineering, General	4	26	4
Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia	-	21	13
Political Science and Government, General	4	4	17
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering	5	11	8
Computer and Information Sciences, General	-	9	14
Neuroscience	7	-	16
Real Estate Development	-	23	-
Mathematics and Computer Science	19	-	-
Architecture	7	9	1
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	17	-	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	-	6	11
Operations Research	-	6	10
Geology & Earth Science, General	4	-	8
Linguistics	-	-	9
Philosophy	2	-	6
Transportation and Highway Engineering	-	3	5
Journalism, Other	-	7	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies	6	-	-
Science, Technology and Society	-	1	4
Geophysics and Seismology	-	2	2
Planetary Astronomy and Science	-	2	2
Creative Writing	2	-	-
Meteorology	-	-	2
Climate Science	1	-	-
Grand Total	1,099	2,023	692

Publications & Citations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a world-class research university with 321,028 scientific papers published and 21,392,185 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Quantum and Particle physics, Biology, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Materials Science, and Organic Chemistry.

Publications

321,028

Citations

21,392,185

Publication / Citation count by topic

Engineering	198,256 / 11,978,383
Physics	197,144 / 11,971,365
Chemistry	171,252 / 13,027,994
Quantum and Particle physics	149,979 / 9,011,460
Biology	146,994 / 12,534,941
Computer Science	142,764 / 10,273,775
Environmental Science	113,147 / 7,032,016
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	103,653 / 6,972,873
Materials Science	103,162 / 6,364,582
Organic chemistry	85,757 / 5,861,805
Medicine	72,666 / 6,256,627
Biochemistry	68,437 / 7,208,170
Geology	65,933 / 4,028,303
Optics	64,554 / 3,615,625
Genetics	63,959 / 6,959,418
Mathematics	61,310 / 4,087,407
Geography and Cartography	60,409 / 3,595,229
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	60,310 / 4,091,437
Philosophy	53,384 / 3,735,368
Electrical Engineering	52,982 / 2,941,075
Business	45,836 / 2,915,786
Statistics	45,231 / 3,061,482
Psychology	44,034 / 3,688,860
Political Science	40,993 / 2,562,910
Astrophysics and Astronomy	38,816 / 2,194,130
Law	38,438 / 2,484,970
Metallurgy	35,280 / 2,230,150
Ecology	34,997 / 2,426,122
Telecommunications	34,926 / 1,917,641
Nuclear Physics	33,673 / 1,821,785
Paleontology	32,778 / 2,306,595
Mechanical Engineering	32,446 / 1,741,292
Nanotechnology	29,516 / 2,312,820
Economics	29,121 / 2,085,761
Linguistics	28,978 / 2,046,067
Aerospace Engineering	28,886 / 1,434,897
History	28,502 / 1,803,184
Computer Vision	27,072 / 1,865,926
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science	26,084 / 1,436,231
Sociology	25,304 / 1,944,511

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