MIT Acceptance Rate: Class of 2029

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a top research university (and considered an “Ivy Plus”) located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT was one of the first colleges to return to requiring standardized testing.

MIT ACCEPTANCE RATE

This year, 1,324 out of 29,282 applicants were admitted, resulting in an overall acceptance rate of 4.5% for the Class of 2029, according to The Tech. This percentage is the same as the Class of 2028’s overall acceptance rate.

A “small number” of applicants were waitlisted, usually around 2% of applicants, according to MIT. MIT does not have a ranked waitlist, instead, after the May 1 decision deadline, “We see if and how many more seats we can fill in the class, and then we re-review the students on the waitlist. It’s basically running another mini admissions process, with fewer applicants, but also fewer spaces,” said Chris Peterson, the Director of Communications + Special Projects at MIT Admissions.

MIT’s early acceptance rate was 6% for the Class of 2029.

While MIT’s early application pool decreased this year, the number of regular decision applicants increased. MIT’s new financial aid policy in which undergraduate students with family incomes under $200,000 can attend tuition-free may have played a role in the increase in applications.

The Class of 2029 is the second class to be admitted following the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling banning affirmative action. MIT reported that the Class of 2028 had a significantly lower proportion of students from “historically underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds” compared to the average for the classes of ’24-’27.

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At Top Tier Admissions, we are committed to making the college admissions process more transparent. Easy access to clear data helps families understand trends in college admissions to make more informed decisions. This year we’re once again collecting acceptance rate data at selective schools and providing insight and analysis of our own.

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Siena is a Pomona College graduate and award-winning student journalist with a passion for impactful communication and global education. After guiding prospective students as a tour guide at Pomona and spearheading sustainability initiatives across the Claremont Colleges, Siena honed her skills in social media strategy and event programming as an admissions office intern. Since graduating, she has worked with Top Tier Admissions, where she now serves as the Creative Content Coordinator. In this role, Siena manages social media strategies, creates engaging content, and supports webinars. Her work combines her love for communication, education, and creativity, all while contributing to the growth and engagement of the Top Tier Admissions community.

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