MIT acceptance rate
MIT's acceptance rate has held near 4% for five years. Full history, the markets tracking the next number, and the testing-required effect.
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At a glance
MIT admitted 4.6% of applicants for the Class of 2029 — down from 6.90% for the Class of 2025. Prediction markets on next cycle's rate settle on the No exchange currently lists a market onMIT's acceptance rate — this page is reported data, not odds.At a glance
MIT's acceptance rate is 4.6% for the Class of 2029 — the most recent officially reported figure.
MIT brought standardized testing back, and the admit rate just kept falling. Make it make sense.
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.
Sources & further reading
- IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (opens in a new tab)National Center for Education Statistics
- Common Data Set Initiative (opens in a new tab)Common Data Set Initiative
- U.S. News Best Colleges rankings methodology (opens in a new tab)U.S. News & World Report
Frequently asked questions
What is MIT's acceptance rate?
MIT's most recently reported acceptance rate is 4.6% for the Class of 2029.
Has MIT's acceptance rate been falling?
Over the last five reported cycles, MIT's rate has moved from 6.90% (Class of 2025) to 4.6% (Class of 2029).
Can you bet on MIT's acceptance rate on a prediction market?
No. As of 2026-09-18, neither Kalshi nor Polymarket lists a market on MIT's acceptance rate. The listed college markets today are football and basketball boards plus Kalshi contracts on US News rankings, UC tuition and student debt.
