Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 4,919 | 4,682 | 4,464 | 4,650 | 4,614 | 4,724 | 4,714 | 4,730 | 4,682 | 4,636 |
Male | 3,129 | 3,032 | 3,002 | 3,165 | 3,173 | 3,267 | 3,287 | 3,329 | 3,305 | 3,273 |
Female | 1,790 | 1,650 | 1,462 | 1,485 | 1,441 | 1,457 | 1,427 | 1,401 | 1,377 | 1,363 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,852 | 2,674 | 2,597 | 2,582 | 2,548 | 2,636 | 2,648 | 2,704 | 2,689 | 2,704 |
Hispanic or Latino | 324 | 280 | 249 | 240 | 236 | 247 | 219 | 222 | 224 | 213 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,337 | 2,200 | 2,146 | 2,153 | 2,093 | 2,164 | 2,212 | 2,218 | 2,228 | 2,211 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
Asian | 600 | 552 | 539 | 559 | 522 | 522 | 534 | 500 | 483 | 479 |
Black or African American | 93 | 73 | 58 | 57 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 54 | 58 | 71 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 1,442 | 1,417 | 1,418 | 1,416 | 1,396 | 1,460 | 1,499 | 1,532 | 1,580 | 1,567 |
More than one race | 198 | 155 | 127 | 117 | 124 | 131 | 128 | 125 | 96 | 84 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 191 | 194 | 202 | 189 | 219 | 225 | 217 | 264 | 237 | 280 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,067 | 2,008 | 1,867 | 2,068 | 2,066 | 2,088 | 2,066 | 2,026 | 1,993 | 1,932 |
Science and engineering | 4,919 | 4,682 | 4,464 | 4,650 | 4,614 | 4,724 | 4,714 | 4,730 | 4,682 | 4,636 |
Science | 2,539 | 2,395 | 1,503 | 2,319 | 2,180 | 2,115 | 2,088 | 2,040 | 1,946 | 1,902 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 407 | 381 | 368 | 392 | 372 | 283 | 297 | 288 | 274 | 274 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 191 | 180 | 175 | 162 | 154 |
Computer and information sciences | 764 | 738 | 61 | 660 | 548 | 516 | 480 | 436 | 412 | 392 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 158 | 161 | 149 | 143 | 131 | 170 | 181 | 180 | 186 | 192 |
Mathematics and statistics | 358 | 292 | 121 | 278 | 276 | 128 | 125 | 117 | 117 | 108 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 68 | 73 | 34 | 64 | 66 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 33 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 69 | 76 | 70 | 71 | 69 |
Physical sciences | 551 | 520 | 534 | 546 | 542 | 490 | 475 | 507 | 458 | 455 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 233 | 230 | 236 | 236 | 245 | 239 | 243 | 235 | 235 | 225 |
Engineering | 2,380 | 2,287 | 2,961 | 2,331 | 2,434 | 2,609 | 2,626 | 2,690 | 2,736 | 2,734 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 265 | 253 | 239 | 225 | 229 | 223 | 228 | 233 | 241 | 245 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 258 | 259 | 243 | 245 | 238 | 247 | 247 | 244 | 247 | 255 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 234 | 233 | 223 | 234 | 226 | 232 | 233 | 236 | 236 | 222 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 110 | 108 | 122 | 138 | 156 | 185 | 175 | 208 | 212 | 217 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 366 | 346 | 1,014 | 350 | 371 | 358 | 370 | 380 | 418 | 420 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 427 | 396 | 407 | 388 | 404 | 385 | 398 | 410 | 367 | 352 |
Mechanical engineering | 452 | 421 | 440 | 468 | 525 | 553 | 545 | 533 | 557 | 561 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 178 | 179 | 171 | 169 | 174 | 170 | 180 | 199 | 204 | 209 |
Other engineering | 90 | 92 | 102 | 114 | 111 | 256 | 250 | 247 | 254 | 253 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTES:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).