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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private (nonprofit) · 4,535 students · mostly bachelor degrees
45th-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$20,111
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$82,730
Graduation rate
96%
Admission rate
5%
Median graduate earnings
$143,372
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$14,768
Average SAT
1560
Pell grant recipients
19%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
112 programsBusiness/Commerce, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$258,152Systems Engineering · Master's Degree178 grads/yr$227,052Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree389 grads/yr$225,141Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Doctoral Degree52 grads/yr$214,070Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree149 grads/yr$200,732Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree78 grads/yr$199,245Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Doctoral Degree32 grads/yr$189,144Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Doctoral Degree36 grads/yr$184,436Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree139 grads/yr$174,951Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Doctoral Degree46 grads/yr$167,374Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree87 grads/yr$161,118Astronautical Engineering · Master's Degree68 grads/yr$151,237General Studies · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$147,998Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree47 grads/yr$137,404Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree141 grads/yr$131,967Physics, General · Bachelor's Degree79 grads/yr$131,025Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$122,093Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree57 grads/yr$114,620Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree54 grads/yr$111,738City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning · Master's Degree43 grads/yr$100,130Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology · Master's Degree56 grads/yr$87,003
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.