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Students
Michigan Tech's 6,700 students come from all fifty states and more then eighty nations. ACT scores for incoming freshman are mathematics 26.8 (21.0 national average), English 24.2 (20.7), and overall 25.6 (21.2).
More than 180 student organizations allow students to become leaders and learn to work as a team. Additionally, there are certificate programs, co-ops and internships, study abroad, preprofessional programs, and many other opportunities available.
Human powered vehicles, FutureTruck, mini-baja, Formula SAE Car, and other out-of-classroom experiences round out the Michigan Tech educational experience. The unique Enterprise program allows teams of students to work on real problems for industry, including homeland security, alternative fuels, wifi, and sustainable manufacturing. The annual Senior Design option allows students to work within their major to solve an engineering problem of their choice and culminates in a year-end showcase, the Undergraduate Expo.
The University has increased its focus on graduate education, offering MS, Master of Engineering, MBA., Master of Forestry, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of traditional disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. Sixty-five PhDs were awarded in 2006-07, up from thirty-eight in 2002-03. All graduate programs are listed here.
Initiatives of note include—
Tech's MBA program ranks in the top 100 worldwide in sustability, according to the Aspen Institute.
A master's student in environmental policy has returned to her native Nepal to make change happen in forest usability and the ancient caste system.
Graduate students have been an integral part of the fifty-year-old, wolf-moose study on Isle Royale National Park, the longest running predator-prey relationship study in the world.
Mechanical engineering students improved fire extinguishers and received honors from Ansul-Tyco.
A PhD student in forest science has made important contributions in the study of bear bone density.
Engineering students have flown weightless in NASA's zero-gravity airplane.
Computer coding students have competed well in the international competition in Shanghai and Prague.
Concrete Canoe teams have won regional and national awards.
Clean Snowmobile Challenge students, in addition to hosting the annual event, have fared well in all four years of its existence.
Business students invest real money in the stock market and have routinely outperformed Wall Street and won national competitions (twice).
A mechanical engineering major had been featured on television's "Junkyard Wars" and blasted a Mercedes Benz with 5 million volts via a Tesla coil for an auto show.
Students provide IT support for nonprofit organizations as part of a $2 million Grace and Herbert H. Dow Foundation Grant.