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Tertiary enrollmentSource checked
79.4
% gross · Reference year 2022
Gross enrollment ratio includes students outside the official age group and can exceed 100%. Not university quality or admission probability.
Source & confidence
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Indicator license: CC BY 4.0 (registry reviewed 2026-09-02). Values are rounded for display; no missing observations are imputed. Confidence here describes traceability and freshness, not a probability of truth.
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MIT standard graduate budget
USD 109,017 / 9 months · 2026/27; September–May Source-reviewed reference; confirm it applies to your case. Cambridge / Greater Boston · Standard full-time graduate programme, before aid Includes tuition: not comparable with living-only figures.
