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enrollment and recruitment career services corporate advisory board 6.25.12. What’s working?. Enrollment at 7,031 – third highest since 1983 95 percent placement rate Graduates report average starting salary of $52,800
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enrollment and recruitment career services corporate advisory board 6.25.12
What’s working? • Enrollment at 7,031 – third highest since 1983 • 95 percent placement rate • Graduates report average starting salary of $52,800 • 11th highest among all public institutions in the nation and the highest in Michigan. • 1.9% loan default rate
The Smart Stuff on Tech • Ranked among the top-tier of national public universities by US News and World Report • 11th highest starting salaries in the nation • 15:1 student-to-faculty ratio • 94 percent of undergraduate classes are taught by professors • Safest college campus in Michigan
Points of distinction • 26.4 ACT composite, 3.58 High School GPA • 38% with a 3.75 GPA or higher • 60% graduating in top 20% of class • 65% graduate in six years • 83% retention rate freshman to sophomore • 27% out of state (including international) • 30% live on campus
“Kids here crave learning. It’s nerdy, but its accepted – a point of pride.”
“If you expect a 4.0 without working, or if you were popular in high school and you want your reputation to follow you, you shouldn’t come here.”
“We don’t ride deer, moose, or other wild animals in the U.P., shocking we know.”
Source: Western Interstate Commission for Higher EducationKnocking at the College Door, 2008
Miles from college to home The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2009Cooperative Institutional Research Program, Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA
“It’s never a bad thing to know faculty and we know them here at Michigan Tech. My friends back home just don’t get that.”
“For me, the biggest thing is safety – I feel safe no matter where/when I’m walking.”
“The entire Michigan Tech experience took a sometimes awkward, self titled “nerd” and turned him into an amazing man with the confidence, and courage to go after his big dream no matter where it takes him.”
“This is a residential, holistic campus experience. You’re going to grow more than if you stayed close to home.”