by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Michigan Technological University was awarded 20 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer science.
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Michigan Tech landed the #242 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Michigan Tech is also ranked #3 out of 56 schools in Michigan.
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With an acceptance rate of 94%, Michigan Technological University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 71% of students accepted to Michigan Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 670. Math scores were between 570 and 680.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Michigan Technological University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Michigan Technological University is 87%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Michigan Technological University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Michigan Tech have a four-year graduation rate of 30%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Michigan Technological University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,640 undergraduates at Michigan Tech with 5,294 being full-time and 346 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,756 | $6,473 | $13,793 | $17,134 | $23,675 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Michigan Tech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Michigan Tech, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $8,372 a year. That adds up to $33,488 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Michigan Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295 |
| Phone: | 906-487-1885 |
| Website: | https://www.mtu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 378 | $74,922 |
| Electrical Engineering | 118 | $79,439 |
| Civil Engineering | 104 | $70,928 |
| Chemical Engineering | 98 | $80,193 |
| Computer Science | 97 | $69,910 |
| Computer Engineering | 76 | $77,465 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 71 | $63,831 |
| Applied Statistics | 66 | NA |
| Environmental Engineering | 56 | $64,453 |
| Business Administration & Management | 38 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,045 students took at least one online class at Michigan Technological University. This is an increase from the 786 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,045 | 320 |
| 2021-2022 | 786 | 264 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,399 | 267 |
| 2018-2019 | 510 | 179 |
Learn more about online learning at Michigan Technological University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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