Undergraduate Admissions
The selection process at MIT is student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied, and we do not consider legacy/alumni relations in our process. Selection is based on outstanding academic achievement as well as a strong match between the applicant and the Institute, including:
- Alignment with MIT’s mission
- Collaborative and cooperative spirit
- Initiative
- Risk taking
- Hands-on creativity
- Intensity, curiosity, and excitement
- Balancing hard work with downtime
Majors & minors
- 57 undergraduate majors
- 59 undergraduate minors
- 1 pirate certificate
- 1 wellness certificate
Selected Class of 2028 Undergraduate Admissions Statistics
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28,232
Applications for first-year admission
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1,284
Offers of admission (4.5%)
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1,100
First-year students enrolled
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67%
Attended public high schools
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50
US states represented
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11%
International citizens from 59 countries
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20%
Among the first-generation in their family to attend college
Fifty percent of students who enrolled are men, 46% are women, 3% are another gender identity, and 3% did not disclose their gender identity (students can select more than one).
For more information, visit mitadmissions.org.