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Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931

Official telephone: (906) 487-1885
Website: https://www.mtu.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 6,022
Full-time undergraduates: 5,765
Part-time undergraduates: 257
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.8% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.1% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
82.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.1% Nonresident Alien
6.9% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 925 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 99%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 42%
Percent of students who live off campus: 58%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1079
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Huskies Pep Band; Society of Women Engineers; Mitch's Misfits; Fishing Club; American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's footballyes 
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's lacrosse  
Men's riflery  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's skiing (cross-country)yes 
Men's skiing (cross-country) NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's skiing (downhill)  
Men's soccer  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Men's weight lifting  
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's ice hockey  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's riflery  
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's skiing (cross-country)yes 
Women's skiing (cross-country) NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's skiing (downhill)  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softball  
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's water polo  
Women's weight lifting  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; basketball; bowling; football; golf; ice hockey; racquetball; riflery; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; triathlon; sand volleyball; swimming and diving; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Houghton County Memorial Airpo

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 72% within six months of graduation

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