Michigan Technological University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 20,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,150 (4% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 204 (5% ☔)

Honors College

Name Pavlis Honors College
Students 400 (7%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,849
Men / Women 71% / 29%
From State 74%
From Region 21%
Athletes 367 (6.4%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 82%
Hispanic 3%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 1%
Black 1%
International 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Michigan Technological University 1,293 70% 86% 2% 1% 2% 1% $87,277 84 -0.51 84 98%
Biomedical Engineering 53 — 28% 87% 4% 0% 2% 0% $95,651 41 -0.26 90 97% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 75 — 63% 91% 3% 0% 0% 0% $99,826 25 -0.58 92 96% — — — —
Civil Engineering 65 — 71% 94% 2% 0% 2% 0% $86,108 15 -0.89 83 99% — — — —
Computer Engineering 57 +6 86% 93% 2% 0% 0% 0% $103,308 21 -0.65 94 96% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 94 +4 89% 83% 3% 0% 2% 2% $104,182 23 -0.61 94 99% — — — —
Engineering Physics 6 — 83% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $94,043 21 -0.74 89 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 48 — 44% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% $78,934 16 -0.89 76 100% — — — —
General Engineering 5 — 60% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $89,973 24 -0.65 86 — — — — —
Geological Engineering 6 — 67% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $80,289 0 -1.57 77 100% — — — —
Materials Engineering 25 — 64% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $95,666 53 +0.13 90 94% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 223 — 83% 87% 2% 0% 2% 0% $95,427 32 -0.47 90 99% — — — —
Mining Engineering 4 — 75% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $90,653 18 -1.09 87 — — — — —
Robotics Engineering 18 +1 83% 72% 6% 6% 6% 0% $93,714 22 -0.69 89 — — — — —
Surveying Engineering 10 — 90% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $86,968 18 -0.77 84 — — — — —
Computer Science 81 — 90% 83% 1% 1% 2% 2% $104,612 29 -0.59 94 98% — — — —
Computer Science & Mathematics 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $97,781 13 -0.60 91 — — — — —
Computer Software Engineering 32 +1 81% 84% 6% 0% 3% 0% $103,308 27 -0.63 94 96% — — — —
Cybersecurity 29 +1 79% 83% 3% 0% 7% 0% $93,881 46 +0.01 89 96% — — — —
Network Administration 7 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,881 45 -0.21 89 96% — — — —
Chemistry 6 — 67% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $88,950 96 +1.68 86 — — — — —
Geophysics and Seismology 2 — 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $76,528 90 +1.03 72 — — — — —
Geosciences 5 — 80% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $76,951 90 +1.07 73 — — — — —
Mathematics 12 +4 75% 67% 8% 0% 0% 0% $97,177 81 +0.45 91 94% — — — —
Physics 6 — 100% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,523 67 +0.28 84 — — — — —
Statistics 4 +5 75% 75% 25% 0% 0% 0% $86,622 22 -0.70 84 — — — — —
Biochemistry 9 — 56% 78% 0% 11% 0% 0% $67,329 26 -0.37 55 — — — — —
Bioinformatics — — — — — — — — $71,264 50 -0.02 63 — — — — —
Biology 6 +1 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,983 33 -0.40 43 93% — — — —
Cheminformatics — — — — — — — — $88,950 98 +1.55 86 — — — — —
Computational Biology 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $70,865 48 -0.06 62 — — — — —
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 11 — 64% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,790 19 -0.84 10 — — — — —
Human Biology 10 — 10% 70% 20% 0% 0% 0% $67,993 37 -0.14 56 — — — — —
Environmental Science 24 — 29% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,670 18 -0.88 15 — — — — —
Forestry 24 — 88% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,704 36 -0.35 29 100% — — — —
Natural Resources Management 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,275 19 -0.80 16 — — — — —
Wildlife Management 23 +2 43% 87% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,443 2 -1.76 3 100% — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 19 — 21% 84% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,234 30 -0.40 67 96% — — — —
Exercise Science 20 — 50% 75% 0% 0% 5% 5% $56,588 30 -0.61 26 100% — — — —
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $101,762 35 -0.53 93 — — — — —
Nursing 6 — 50% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $89,859 48 -0.24 86 — — — — —
Accounting 19 +4 47% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,690 19 -0.93 66 88% — — — —
Business Administration 12 — 67% 75% 0% 17% 0% 8% $66,661 28 -0.57 53 100% — — — —
Business Analytics 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $83,181 32 -0.53 81 — — — — —
Economics 3 +1 67% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $80,956 28 -0.64 78 — — — — —
Engineering Management 27 — 85% 89% 0% 4% 0% 4% $91,478 84 +0.72 87 100% — — — —
Finance 17 +6 82% 88% 0% 0% 0% 6% $78,657 16 -0.71 75 96% — — — —
Management Information Systems 14 +4 71% 57% 14% 7% 14% 0% $86,464 39 -0.34 83 100% — — — —
Marketing 12 +2 50% 67% 0% 0% 0% 25% $61,974 9 -1.21 40 90% — — — —
Sports Management 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,588 35 -0.49 26 100% — — — —
English 5 — 40% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,880 23 -0.67 8 — — — — —
History 2 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,352 19 -0.74 11 — — — — —
Anthropology 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,135 17 -0.70 10 — — — — —
Applied Psychology 5 — 60% 60% 0% 20% 0% 20% $48,480 14 -1.00 10 — — — — —
Applied/Public Sociology 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,813 20 -0.64 11 — — — — —
Communication 5 — 40% 60% 0% 40% 0% 0% $59,846 47 -0.19 35 — — — — —
Psychology 14 +1 14% 79% 0% 0% 0% 0% $42,146 1 -1.96 4 93% — — — —
Social Sciences 5 — 40% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,315 17 -0.69 11 — — — — —
Sustainability Studies 9 — 11% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,221 17 -0.72 20 — — — — —
Technical Communication 5 — 20% 60% 20% 0% 20% 0% $65,590 31 -0.55 50 — — — — —
Recording Arts Technology 7 — 86% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $49,184 59 +0.26 11 — — — — —
Sound Arts 5 — 80% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,141 51 +0.04 8 — — — — —
Theatre Design and Technology 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $45,469 69 +0.32 6 — — — — —
Visual and Performing Arts 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,147 78 +0.55 8 — — — — —
Construction Management 21 — 90% 90% 0% 0% 0% 0% $94,558 29 -0.52 89 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering Technology 9 — 78% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $112,592 98 +1.98 97 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 44 — 84% 86% 0% 0% 2% 0% $81,915 19 -0.57 79 100% — — — —
Mechatronics Engineering Technology 10 — 80% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $99,479 89 +0.89 92 — — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $20,906
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $47,749
Est. In-State Cost $27,044
Est. Out-of-State Cost $61,768
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 89%
4-Year Graduation Rate 37%
6-Year Graduation Rate 68%
Transfer-Out Rate 19%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 53.3% 689 73% 88% 2% 0% 2% 0% $95,371 19 -0.58 90 98% —
Computer Science 11.7% 151 86% 84% 3% 1% 3% 1% $101,687 35 -0.47 93 97% —
Business & Economics 8.4% 108 68% 81% 2% 4% 2% 6% $78,131 48 -0.37 75 96% —
Professional 6.5% 84 85% 87% 0% 0% 1% 0% $90,454 89 -0.11 87 100% —
Agriculture & Food Science 5.6% 72 54% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,464 10 -0.98 11 100% —
Health Sciences 3.6% 47 40% 79% 0% 0% 2% 2% $69,487 18 -0.47 60 98% —
Social Sciences 3.6% 47 26% 77% 2% 6% 2% 2% $50,895 14 -1.04 13 93% —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.0% 39 46% 87% 5% 3% 0% 0% $61,874 24 -0.42 40 93% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.7% 35 77% 74% 6% 3% 3% 0% $88,836 74 +0.62 85 94% —
Arts 1.1% 14 71% 93% 0% 0% 7% 0% $48,044 33 +0.21 9 — —
Humanities 0.5% 7 57% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,586 9 -0.69 8 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $55.6M #95 48% $4.2M 38 #90 243 14
Physical Sciences & Math $24.4M #115 68% $0.8M 25 #107 115 12
Computer Science $10.0M #89 71% $0.1M 4 #152 24 —
Agriculture & Food Science $7.5M #81 46% $0.7M 4 #81 34 —
Humanities & Social Sciences $2.9M #239 14% $0 13 #218 9 —
Life & Natural Sciences $1.9M #262 40% $0 2 #219 35 1
Business & Economics $1.6M #175 0% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $1.2M #226 40% $0 — — — 1
Education $0.2M #335 44% $0 — — — —
Total $105M #153 53% $5.8M 86 #193 460 28

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 125 $2.6M $2.7M -$36K
Other Sports 41 $250K $250K $0
Cross Country 34 $189K $192K -$2K
Track & Field (outdoor) 34 $177K $178K -$1K
Ice Hockey 29 $3.0M $3.0M $68K
Basketball 17 $923K $929K -$5K
Skiing 10 $266K $287K -$21K
Tennis 10 $257K $257K $1
Total 266 $7.7M $7.7M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 27 $630K $630K $0
Cross Country 20 $166K $165K $1K
Track & Field (outdoor) 20 $145K $144K $1K
Volleyball 19 $793K $793K -$837
Basketball 15 $729K $729K $1
Skiing 10 $252K $254K -$2K
Tennis 9 $346K $346K $819
Other Sports 5 $30K $30K $0
Total 101 $3.1M $3.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 125 $2.6M $2.7M -$36K
Cross Country 54 $356K $357K -$1K
Track & Field (outdoor) 54 $323K $323K $20
Other Sports 46 $280K $280K $0
Basketball 32 $1.7M $1.7M -$5K
Ice Hockey 29 $3.0M $3.0M $68K
Soccer 27 $630K $630K $0
Skiing 20 $518K $542K -$24K
Tennis 19 $604K $603K $820
Volleyball 19 $793K $793K -$837
Total 367 $12.9M $12.9M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 86%
Yield (non-ED) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 86% 82% 96%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 84%
SAT Range 1120 – 1330
SAT Math Range 560 – 670
SAT RW Range 560 – 670