Michigan Technological University Overview

Michigan Technological University is a public institution situated in Houghton, Michigan. Houghton is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Michigan Technological University Known For?

• Students at Michigan Tech have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Michigan Tech is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 91% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Michigan Tech with a bachelor's degree make about $66,400 a year. That's 63% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Michigan Technological University Rankings

Michigan Tech is ranked #126 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. Michigan Tech also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Michigan ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Michigan Tech has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#18	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#52	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#125	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#135	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Michigan Tech.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Electromechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Nanotechnology Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Electronics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Mathematics & Statistics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Michigan Tech has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#8	Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#10	Best Electronics Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#26	Best Management Information Systems Schools	College Factual
#41	Best Engineering Technologies Schools	College Factual
#78	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools	College Factual
#98	Best Schools	Grad Degree

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/michigantech
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/MichiganTech

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?

With an acceptance rate of 70%, Michigan Tech may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 64% of accepted students are men and 36% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 71%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 81% 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 570 and 660. Math scores were between 590 and 690.

Michigan Tech received ACT scores from 38% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 30. Math scores were between 25 and 30. Composite scores were between 25 and 30.

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 54% of students took out student loans averaging $7,892 a year. That adds up to $31,568 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Michigan Tech is 2.3%. 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 5,640 undergraduate students at Michigan Tech, with 5,294 being full-time and 346 being part-time.

There are also 1,233 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,294 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	105
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	136
White	4,629
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	324

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 2019-2020, 3,399 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 24th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Michigan Tech

The following table shows how Michigan Tech is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Applied Statistics	#3	#3
Geography & Cartography	#16	#16
Medical Illustration & Informatics	#19	#25
Statistics	#28	#25
General Engineering	#57	#51
Civil Engineering	#64	#70
Mechanical Engineering	#67	#61
Electrical Engineering	#70	#64

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 #1,051 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Michigan Tech regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Michigan Tech majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Engineering Technologies	1%
General Engineering	50%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Michigan Tech ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Michigan Tech.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Electromechanical Engineering	#1
Mechanical Engineering Technology	#1
Applied Statistics	#3
Mechanical Engineering	#22
Civil Engineering	#28
General Engineering	#30
Medical Illustration & Informatics	#36
Electrical Engineering	#37
Mathematics & Statistics	#46
Engineering	#114
Engineering Technologies	#162
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#196

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%.

Michigan Technological University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Mechanical Engineering	0	0	283	0	121	21	425
Electrical Engineering	0	0	77	9	36	7	129
Chemical Engineering	0	0	90	0	7	1	98
Civil Engineering	0	0	66	0	14	4	84
Computer Science	0	0	71	0	9	1	81
Computer Engineering	0	0	73	0	5	1	79
Biomedical Engineering	0	0	46	0	8	5	59
Environmental Engineering	0	0	38	0	8	2	48
Business Administration & Management	0	0	22	0	24	0	46
Forestry	0	0	21	0	15	7	43
Mechanical Engineering Technology	0	0	28	10	0	0	38
Materials Engineering	0	0	30	0	5	2	37
Health & Physical Education	0	0	31	0	5	0	36
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	31	0	0	0	31
General Biology	0	0	21	0	7	2	30
Mathematics	0	0	20	0	5	5	30
Data Science	0	0	0	1	23	0	24
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	8	0	15	1	24
Management Information Systems	0	0	23	0	0	0	23
Accounting	0	0	11	0	10	0	21
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
Information Technology	0	0	20	0	1	0	21
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
Physics	0	0	10	0	6	4	20
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
Electromechanical Engineering	0	0	0	15	0	0	15
Marketing	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Geoscience Engineering	0	0	11	0	2	0	13
General Psychology	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Chemistry	0	0	4	0	1	7	12
Construction Management	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Wildlife Management	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	8	0	0	1	9
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Sustainability Science	0	0	0	7	0	0	7
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	3	3	6
Statistics	0	0	2	0	3	1	6
Audiovisual Communications	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Geography & Cartography	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
General Engineering	0	0	3	0	1	0	4
General English Literature	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
International Studies	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
General Social Sciences	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Public Policy	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
Mining Engineering	0	0	2	0	0	1	3
Surveying Engineering	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Archeology	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
Economics	0	0	2	0	1	0	3
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Anthropology	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Genetics	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Nanotechnology	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Robotics Engineering	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Data Analytics	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering Mechanics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
History	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Applied Statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Human Biology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics & Computer Science	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	4	2	1,203	46	357	85	1,697

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.