Massachusetts Institute of Technology admissions

Private universities · MA. Fall 2023 first-year figures from federal (IPEDS) data. MIT does not publish admissions by high school, so these figures cover all applicants.

In fall 2023, Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted 1,274 of 26,904 applicants (4.7%). Its admit rate was 6.7% in fall 2019 and 4.7% in fall 2023. 13% of its first-year students in fall 2023 were California residents. 6 California high schools list MIT among the colleges their graduates enrolled in.

Admit rate

4.7%

1,274 admitted of 26,904 applicants

Yield

86%

1,091 admitted students enrolled

SAT, middle 50%

1510–1580

Reading and math combined, among students who submitted scores

ACT, middle 50%

34–36

Composite, among students who submitted scores

By year

Fall	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Enrolled	SAT	ACT
2023	26,904	1,274	4.7%	1,091	1510–1580	34–36
2022	33,767	1,337	4.0%	1,136	1530–1580	35–36
2021	33,240	1,365	4.1%	1,177	—	—
2020	20,075	1,457	7.3%	1,070	1510–1580	34–36
2019	21,312	1,427	6.7%	1,102	1510–1570	34–36

A dash means IPEDS has no figure for that year, e.g. test ranges while the college was test-optional.

Where first-year students come from

Where MIT's first-year students lived when admitted, fall 2023.

MIT fall 2023 first-year students by residence
Lived in	Enrolled	Share
California	143	13%
Elsewhere in the U.S.	814	75%
Abroad	123	11%

Enrolled students only: the federal data has no applicants or admits by residency. Colleges report this in even-numbered years, and some in odd years too, so the newest year shown may be older than the figures above. Abroad means living outside the U.S. when admitted, not citizenship; students whose residence was not reported are left out. Source: U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS).

California high schools that report graduates here

Graduates of 6 California high schools are reported here, from the schools’ own published lists.