Admissions & selectivity
Michigan Technological University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Michigan Technological University?
Michigan Technological University’s reported acceptance rate is 92.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 92.4%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Michigan Technological University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Michigan Technological University admitted 92.4% of applicants in the reported entering class, above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 10,359 first-year applicants, 8,853 admitted applicants, and 1,448 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Michigan Technological University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported SAT scores from 1120 to 1330 among enrolled first-year submitters; 66% of the entering class submitted SAT scores. ACT submitters had scores from 25 to 32, and they represented 18% of the entering class.
These ranges describe enrolled students who submitted scores, rather than minimums. It reported an average high-school GPA of 3.86 among students who reported GPA, representing 93.5% of enrolled first-year students.
Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 34% were in the upper tenth and 64% were in the upper quarter; 53% of the entering class reported a rank. Applicants can compare submitted SAT scores with the 1120 to 1330 range as a reference for recent score submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Michigan Technological University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
66% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1120
- Median
- 1230
- 75th percentile
- 1330
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
18% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 25
- Median
- 29
- 75th percentile
- 32
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Michigan Technological University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Michigan Technological University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 9.4%
- First-year retention
- 88.8%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Michigan Technological University enrolls 5,955 undergraduates, with Pell Grant recipients and transfer entrants forming identifiable parts of the undergraduate population. Pell Grant recipients account for 20.2% of undergraduates, and an estimated 9.4% enter as transfers or part-time students.
Those shares point to a predominantly nontransfer undergraduate body with a defined Pell Grant presence. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 10,359 first-year applicants, 8,853 admitted, and 1,448 enrolled.
Among degree-seeking transfer applicants, 599 applied, 348 were admitted, and 153 enrolled. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should compare aid offers and transfer-credit information with their academic plans.
Michigan Technological University retains most first-year students and graduates them at rates higher than the peer medians for comparable institutions, though Pell recipients finish below the overall cohort. The first-year retention rate is 88.8%, exceeding the peer median of 73.7%.
The six-year graduation rate is 68.1%, surpassing the peer median of 49.1%. The Pell completion rate is 64.0%, below the overall rate by 4.1 percentage points.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class returned at 89% the following fall. For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year graduation rate was 70.0%; Pell recipients in that cohort finished at 56.6%, below the overall rate.
Enrolled students can expect a university where most first-year students return and six-year completion runs ahead of comparable institutions.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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