Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
13of 13 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate (about $41,044 a year).
13 of 40 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 27: 25 with no earnings published and 2 with nothing reported. 4 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 72 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$20,111 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$20,111 a year
About $80,444 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
A negative net price means grant aid exceeded the published cost for that income band: a typical student received more than they paid. It is what ED reports, not an error.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | -$2,533 |
| $30k to $48k | $93 |
| $48k to $75k | $1,480 |
| $75k to $110k | $11,555 |
| $110k and up | $48,479 |
| All families (average) | $20,111 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate ($41,044 a year).
28 of 112 programs could be assessed 25% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management Science | Master's Degree | $204,7311-year earnings | +$163,687 | above HS line (1-yr) | $41,000 | 0.3 yrs | 782 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $225,141 | +$184,097 | clears the bar | $11,077 | 0.1 yrs | 389 |
| Systems Engineering | Master's Degree | $227,052 | +$186,008 | above HS line | $44,052 | 0.2 yrs | 178 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Master's Degree | $200,732 | +$159,688 | above HS line | $45,290 | 0.3 yrs | 149 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $131,967 | +$90,923 | clears the bar | $11,507 | 0.1 yrs | 141 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $174,951 | +$133,907 | clears the bar | $9,751 | 0.1 yrs | 139 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $161,118 | +$120,074 | clears the bar | $10,967 | 0.1 yrs | 87 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | $131,025 | +$89,981 | clears the bar | $18,500 | 0.2 yrs | 79 |
| Electrical Engineering | Master's Degree | $199,245 | +$158,201 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 78 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering | Master's Degree | $151,237 | +$110,193 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 68 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $114,620 | +$73,576 | clears the bar | $17,724 | 0.2 yrs | 57 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | Master's Degree | $87,003 | +$45,959 | above HS line | $56,056 | 1.2 yrs | 56 |
| Biomedical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $111,738 | +$70,694 | clears the bar | $13,000 | 0.2 yrs | 54 |
| Electrical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | $214,070 | +$173,026 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 52 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | $99,8431-year earnings | +$58,799 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 49 |
| Chemistry | Doctoral Degree | $137,404 | +$96,360 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 47 |
| Biomedical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | $167,374 | +$126,330 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 46 |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | Master's Degree | $100,130 | +$59,086 | above HS line | $40,833 | 0.7 yrs | 43 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $122,093 | +$81,049 | clears the bar | $17,000 | 0.2 yrs | 39 |
| Real Estate Development | Master's Degree | $142,2351-year earnings | +$101,191 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 37 |
| Chemical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | $184,436 | +$143,392 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 36 |
| Biology | Doctoral Degree | $189,144 | +$148,100 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $126,1531-year earnings | +$85,109 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 30 |
| Civil Engineering | Master's Degree | $88,8051-year earnings | +$47,761 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 29 |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $65,9191-year earnings | +$24,875 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $48,1251-year earnings | +$7,081 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $147,998 | +$106,954 | clears the bar | $11,935 | 0.1 yrs | 11 |
| Business | Master's Degree | $258,152 | +$217,108 | above HS line | $41,000 | 0.2 yrs | 0 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 265 |
| Applied Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 132 |
| Computer Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 68 |
| Cognitive Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 61 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 53 |
| Physics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 52 |
| Economics and Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 47 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 38 |
| Chemical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 37 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 28 |
| Materials Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Mathematics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Economics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Neuroscience | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Nuclear Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Operations Research | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Architecture | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Cognitive Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Management Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Computer and Information Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Nuclear Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Cognitive Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Journalism | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Political Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Architecture | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Civil Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Operations Research | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Systems Engineering | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Philosophy | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Materials Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Communications and Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Biomedical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Economics and Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Neuroscience | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Business | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Business | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $41,044 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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