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#30 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#4 Best Value Schools
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#1 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#1 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#37 Accounting
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#2 Entrepreneurship
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#5 Finance
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#9 Management
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#2 Management Information Systems
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#16 Marketing
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#1 Production / Operation Management
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#1 Quantitative Analysis
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#6 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#1 Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
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#2 Biomedical
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#1 Chemical
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#4 Civil
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#1 Computer
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#1 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#5 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#1 Materials
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#1 Mechanical
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#3 Most Innovative Schools
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#241 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#76 First-Year Experiences
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#6 Senior Capstone
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#7 Co-ops/Internships
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#13 Writing in the Disciplines
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked #3 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
94
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
20
Graduation and retention rank
10
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
93%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
99%
Social Mobility Rank
241
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
92%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
95%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
95%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.9
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
9
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
7
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
92.8%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
92%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
70.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
12%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
3:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
2
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1500-1570
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
97%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
2
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
8
Average alumni giving rate
32.8%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
