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Undergraduate Admissions
The selection process at MIT is holistic and 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
- 56 undergraduate majors
- 58 undergraduate minors
- 50 departments and programs offering graduate degrees
- 1 pirate certificate
Selected Class of 2025 Undergraduate Admissions Statistics
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33,240
Applications for first-year admission
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1,365
Offers of admission (4.1%)
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1,184
First-year students enrolled
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48
US states represented
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47%
Female
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67%
Attended public high schools
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16%
Among the first-generation in their family to attend college
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10%
International citizens from 62 countries