MIT Acceptance Rate For Class of 2028 Dips To 4.52%

MIT’s acceptance rate for the class of 2028 tightened to 4.52%, down from 4.68% the prior year. The more selective process was driven by a 5% increase in applicants from the class of 2027.Continuing a longstanding tradition, admissions results were released on Pi Day, March 14, at 6:28 p.m. 

Admissions Stats

MIT accepted 1,275 out of 28,232 applicants to the class of 2028, amounting to a 4.52% acceptance rate. That compares to 1,259 accepted students out of 26,914 applicants to the class of 2027, for a 4.68% acceptance rate, and 1,337 out of 33,767 applicants for the class of 2026, a 3.96% acceptance rate, according to university data. 

12,563 of the applicants applied early, and 661 of them were granted early admission, amounting to a 5.2% acceptance rate, the university data shows. 

While MIT has not provided detailed demographic data for the incoming class, an admissions official said in a blogpost that the students hail from all 50 states, 58 countries, and nearly a thousand different high schools. 

“Though their interests and aptitudes range widely — biomimetics and basketball, metallurgy and merengue, oceanography and orienteering — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use science, technology, and other areas of scholarship to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind,” wrote Chris Peterson, director of communications and special projects for MIT Admissions and Student Financial Services. 

Testing Requirement

The class of 2028 is the second consecutive class since MIT reinstated standardized testing requirements. The university had temporarily suspended them for the classes of 2025 and 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Some other top-tier universities have also begun to bring back the requirement that applicants take either the SAT or the ACT. 

Cost of Attendance

For the 2024-2025 academic year, the cost of attendance is estimated to be $85,960, according to the university. However, the median price paid by an undergraduate who received an MIT Scholarship was $12,715 for the 2022-2023 academic year, the university said. 

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