Stipend
$52,764/yr Official
Stipend type: Fellowship · Paid over 12 months
Official: published by the university · Source: gue.mit.edu · Verified 2026-09-27
Mechanical Engineering
MIT
Acceptance rate
22.8% Crowdsourced
Crowdsourced: self-reported by applicants, not verified by the university · Source: thegradcafe.com · Verified 2026-09-27
Cost of living in Cambridge, MA
Rent is a city-level figure, not a near-campus price. Each line is labeled with its own source.
- Rent, 1-bedroom (city-level range) $2,900 to $3,000/mo Estimated Studio/1BR range. Early manual pass; different sources than the Zumper figures, so not directly comparable. Rentometer/RentHop/SpotEasy, 2026. Cambridge, MA (same market as Harvard); 2BR ~$3,700-$3,900 total. Source: Rentometer / ApartmentList / RentHop (varies) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city-level range) $1,850 to $1,950/mo Estimated 2BR split two ways (range). Early manual pass; different sources than the Zumper figures, so not directly comparable. Rentometer/RentHop/SpotEasy, 2026. Cambridge, MA (same market as Harvard); 2BR ~$3,700-$3,900 total. Source: Rentometer / ApartmentList / RentHop (varies) · Verified 2026-09-27
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