Top 2018 Rankings For Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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All 2018 Rankings For Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 8 of 1379 |
| New England | 3 of 123 |
| Massachusetts | 2 of 63 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 331 of 1325 |
| New England | 13 of 118 |
| Massachusetts | 12 of 60 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 101 of 1325 |
| New England | 13 of 118 |
| Massachusetts | 8 of 60 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 460 of 1325 |
| New England | 31 of 118 |
| Massachusetts | 17 of 60 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 5 of 2381 |
| Ethnic | 117 of 2594 |
| Male / Female | 468 of 2594 |
| Location | 3 of 2308 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked | 21 of 106 |
| Best Value | 29 of 105 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 99 of 208 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 145 |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 93 |
| Best Value | 8 of 92 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 96 |
Urban & Regional Planning
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 12 of 38 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 30 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 822 |
| Best Value | 182 of 805 |
| Most Popular | 273 of 1413 |
| Most Focused | 429 of 1413 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 893 |
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
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| Most Popular | 4 of 51 |
| Most Focused | 2 of 51 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 833 |
| Best Value | 165 of 800 |
| Most Popular | 403 of 1372 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 857 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 69 of 168 |
| Most Focused | 72 of 168 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 903 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Most Popular | 56 of 164 |
| Most Focused | 47 of 164 |
Communication & Journalism
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Communication & Media Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 605 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 556 |
| Best Value | 88 of 547 |
| Most Popular | 36 of 1600 |
| Most Focused | 48 of 1605 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 833 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 270 |
| Best Value | 33 of 260 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 602 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 600 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 360 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 309 |
| Best Value | 41 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 63 of 582 |
| Most Focused | 29 of 582 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 356 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 58 |
| Best Value | 8 of 56 |
| Most Popular | 30 of 65 |
| Most Focused | 10 of 65 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 53 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 94 |
| Best Value | 14 of 94 |
| Most Popular | 53 of 137 |
| Most Focused | 17 of 137 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 91 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 149 |
| Best Value | 12 of 148 |
| Most Popular | 53 of 167 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 167 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 146 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 208 |
| Best Value | 27 of 205 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 209 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 261 |
| Best Value | 32 of 255 |
| Most Popular | 107 of 343 |
| Most Focused | 50 of 343 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 274 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 9 of 46 |
| Best Value | 8 of 45 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 24 of 81 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 57 |
Materials Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 44 |
| Best Value | 4 of 44 |
| Most Popular | 17 of 51 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 51 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 45 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 270 |
| Best Value | 30 of 263 |
| Most Popular | 32 of 326 |
| Most Focused | 18 of 326 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 264 |
Nuclear Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 7 of 20 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 16 |
English Language & Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 33 of 873 |
General English Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 805 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 204 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 657 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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History
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History
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| Highest Paid Grads | 30 of 831 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 462 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 505 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 469 |
| Best Value | 58 of 456 |
| Most Popular | 33 of 1231 |
| Most Focused | 9 of 1233 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 811 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 476 |
| Best Value | 54 of 459 |
| Most Popular | 17 of 1181 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 1190 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 772 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 115 |
| Best Value | 19 of 111 |
| Most Popular | 277 of 1017 |
| Most Focused | 394 of 1017 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 400 |
Cognitive Science
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Mathematics & Computer Science
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| Most Popular | 2 of 36 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 36 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 19 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 616 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 543 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 472 |
| Best Value | 75 of 463 |
| Most Popular | 57 of 1142 |
| Most Focused | 25 of 1142 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 785 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 408 |
| Best Value | 56 of 403 |
| Most Popular | 280 of 1087 |
| Most Focused | 361 of 1087 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 177 of 430 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 346 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 250 |
| Best Value | 14 of 248 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 704 |
| Most Focused | 3 of 698 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 534 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 119 of 676 |
| Best Value | 281 of 661 |
| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 4 of 870 |
Anthropology
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Economics
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| Top Ranked | 13 of 442 |
| Best Value | 55 of 433 |
| Most Popular | 348 of 729 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 541 |
Political Science & Government
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 67 of 763 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 855 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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Music
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| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 656 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D3) | 15 of 333 |
| Men's Basketball (D3) | 8 of 369 |
| Men's Football (D3) | 2 of 217 |
| Men's Indoor Track and Field (D3) | 2 of 23 |
| Men's Lacrosse (D3) | 20 of 205 |
| Men's Soccer (D3) | 102 of 363 |
| Men's Swimming (D3) | 5 of 23 |
| Men's Tennis (D3) | |
| Men's Volleyball (D3) | 3 of 70 |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D3) | 10 of 375 |
| Women's Field Hockey (D3) | 8 of 149 |
| Women's Indoor Track and Field (D3) | 3 of 25 |
| Women's Lacrosse (D3) | 47 of 238 |
| Women's Outdoor Track and Field (D3) | 3 of 24 |
| Women's Soccer (D3) | 19 of 368 |
| Women's Softball (D3) | 12 of 351 |
| Women's Swimming (D3) | 10 of 22 |
| Women's Tennis (D3) | |
| Women's Volleyball (D3) | 4 of 360 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 40 of 1423 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 108 |
General Architecture
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 95 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 829 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 833 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 588 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 274 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 315 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 58 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 96 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 152 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 213 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 267 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 46 |
Materials Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 44 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 278 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 5 of 472 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 476 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 31 of 117 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 476 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 417 |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 256 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 149 of 681 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 20 of 442 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has no rankings in this category.
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 12 of 1176 |
| Australia | 10 of 159 |
| Bangladesh | 13 of 258 |
| Brazil | 10 of 418 |
| Canada | 9 of 612 |
| China | 33 of 797 |
| Colombia | 7 of 259 |
| Ecuador | 29 of 116 |
| Egypt | 8 of 156 |
| France | 5 of 275 |
| Germany | 8 of 324 |
| Ghana | 13 of 194 |
| Greece | 3 of 101 |
| Hong Kong | 64 of 182 |
| India | 19 of 619 |
| Indonesia | 32 of 194 |
| Iran | 26 of 253 |
| Israel | 3 of 75 |
| Italy | 13 of 182 |
| Japan | 13 of 414 |
| Jordan | 24 of 135 |
| Kenya | 15 of 166 |
| Malaysia | 24 of 209 |
| Mexico | 13 of 278 |
| Mongolia | 5 of 61 |
| Nepal | 6 of 343 |
| Netherlands | 5 of 82 |
| Nigeria | 13 of 417 |
| Norway | 3 of 84 |
| Pakistan | 15 of 243 |
| Peru | 14 of 117 |
| Philippines | 17 of 118 |
| Russia | 7 of 224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 28 of 548 |
| Singapore | 7 of 121 |
| South Korea | 17 of 567 |
| Spain | 7 of 265 |
| Sri Lanka | 28 of 154 |
| Sweden | 7 of 146 |
| Taiwan | 19 of 341 |
| Thailand | 14 of 229 |
| Turkey | 18 of 264 |
| Ukraine | 7 of 83 |
| United Kingdom | 13 of 468 |
| Venezuela | 52 of 221 |
| Vietnam | 26 of 450 |
International Value
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