MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY

Overview

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a co-ed research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one mile from downtown Boston. Map.
• MIT enrolls approximately 4,300 undergraduate students. 
• MIT's campus has 168 acres stretching along the Charles River. (Most of the undergraduate dorms have great river views.)
• The percentage of MIT students receiving financial aid is high – 90% for undergraduates and approximately 86% for graduate and professional students. 

• Visit MIT's website at web.mit.edu
• Visit the MIT Admissions website.
• To receive more information from MIT, sign up for a free MyMIT account.
• View MIT' freshman class profile. 
• Connect with MIT student blogs. 
• Read about and sign up for the shadow a student program to visit MIT and hang out with a current student.

Socio-economic Diversity

• 23% of students who applied for financial aid have family incomes below $60,000. 
• 17% of students at MIT have family incomes below $45,000.
• 19% of students at MIT receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000.
• 16% of students are the first in their family to attend a four-year college. 

Racial Diversity
African American	8%
Asian American	24%
Caucasian	37%
Hispanic/Latino	13%
International	10%
Native American	1%
Race/ethnicity Unreported	7%

 

Gender Ratio
Female	45%
Male	55%