Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$75
Undergraduate$75
GraduateApplicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in MIT during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, MIT received a total of 33,240 applications. These applications included 21,672 male applicants and 11,568 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 33,240 applicants, MIT admitted 1,365 students. Among the admitted students, there were 665 males and 700 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 1,177 students chose to enroll at MIT. This means that 1,177 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 604 were male and 573 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, MIT had an overall acceptance rate of 4% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 3% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 6%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. MIT had an overall yield rate of 86% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 91%, and for female admitted students, it was 82%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for MIT over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.
Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.Required
- Secondary school record
- Recommendation letters
Recommended
- Secondary school GPA
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Neither required nor recommended
- Secondary school rank
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Credit for life experiences
Not Accepted -
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Not Accepted
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