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Michigan Technological University is a public institution situated in Houghton, Michigan. The surrounding location of Houghton is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is 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:	www.mtu.edu

How Do I Get Into Michigan Tech?

You can apply to Michigan Tech online at: https://www.mtu.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Michigan Tech

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Michigan Tech?

Michigan Tech has the high acceptance rate of 86%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 62% of accepted students are men and 38% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 86%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 70% 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 660. Math scores were between 570 and 675.

Michigan Tech received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 25 and 31. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

Can I Afford Michigan Technological University?

The overall average net price of Michigan Tech is $37,305. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Michigan Tech, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $8,732 a year. That adds up to $34,928 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Michigan Tech is 0.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Michigan Technological University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,777 undergraduate students at Michigan Tech, with 5,470 being full-time and 307 being part-time.

There are also 1,231 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,470 full-time undergraduates at Michigan Tech, 71% are male and 29% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Michigan Technological University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	118
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	158
White	4,697
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	394

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Michigan Technological University. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 55 countries are represented at Michigan Tech. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Iran.

Online Learning at Michigan Technological University

In 2020-2021, 786 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Michigan Tech has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 14th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Michigan Tech

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Michigan Technological University was 20.6%. This is the #925 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Michigan Tech regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Michigan Technological University Photo Services under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.