MIT acceptance rate
Cambridge, MA · Last updated 2026-05-21
At a glance
MIT's acceptance rate is 4.6% for the Class of 2029 — the most recent officially reported figure.
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What is MIT's acceptance rate?
MIT's most recent acceptance rate is 4.6% for the Class of 2029, with roughly 1,300 admits out of 28,000+ applications. MIT publishes the number on Pi Day (March 14) every year in a single tweet, which makes it the cleanest resolution source of any selective college.
Five-year acceptance rate history
| Class | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.90% |
| 2026 | 4.00% |
| 2027 | 4.60% |
| 2028 | 4.50% |
| 2029 | 4.60% |
The 2025 outlier reflects a smaller applicant pool that year. MIT re-introduced its SAT/ACT requirement in 2022, which has stabilized applications around 28,000–30,000.
What's driving the trend
MIT is unusual in that it explicitly requires standardized testing — the only top-10 school to do so after the pandemic. That filter caps the application pool, which in turn keeps the acceptance rate from collapsing the way Harvard's and Yale's have.
Prediction markets on MIT
No live event contracts yet. Watch this page for markets on whether MIT's next reported rate stays above 4%, or whether MIT cracks Princeton's #1 US News spot.
How MIT reports
Pi Day (3/14), 6:28 PM EDT, every year. The single most predictable resolution source in college admissions.
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