by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Michigan Technological University landed the #93 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. Michigan Tech received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
Michigan Tech also ranked #3 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Michigan.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Michigan Tech came in at #90. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. Because of its high ranking, Michigan Tech won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
In addition, Michigan Tech took the #3 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Michigan.
Women make up 31.2% of the total graduate student body at Michigan Tech while men make you 68.8%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Michigan Tech, around 6.5% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 45.5% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $22,725 | $22,725 |
| Fees | $256 | $256 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Michigan Tech is $76,193. That's good news for those graduates since it is 30% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Michigan Technological University.
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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/michigantech |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/MichiganTech |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22.3% of the graduate students at Michigan Tech took at least one online course. Approximately 18.0% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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