Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1,305 | 1,354 | 1,205 | 1,218 | 1,341 | 1,333 | 1,378 | 1,444 | 1,559 | 1,680 |
Science and engineering | 1,305 | 1,354 | 1,205 | 1,218 | 1,341 | 1,333 | 1,378 | 1,444 | 1,559 | 1,680 |
Science | 613 | 651 | 417 | 570 | 586 | 568 | 605 | 617 | 653 | 741 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 65 | 76 | 78 | 89 | 91 | 82 | 78 | 74 | 94 | 135 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 25 |
Computer and information sciences | 237 | 232 | 17 | 165 | 170 | 146 | 143 | 144 | 139 | 131 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20 | 77 | 68 | 71 | 62 | 84 | 95 | 104 | 99 | 104 |
Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 35 | 37 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 17 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 29 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 266 | 246 | 236 | 227 | 238 | 210 | 208 | 220 | 211 | 243 |
Social sciences | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
Engineering | 692 | 703 | 788 | 648 | 755 | 765 | 773 | 827 | 906 | 939 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 119 | 119 | 95 | 101 | 112 | 101 | 107 | 101 | 111 | 114 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 57 | 81 | 69 | 84 | 81 | 83 | 94 | 105 | 101 | 102 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 75 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 52 | 70 | 56 | 61 | 66 | 73 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 11 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 38 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 123 | 114 | 289 | 119 | 123 | 104 | 113 | 115 | 131 | 174 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 39 | 40 | 29 | 32 | 53 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 86 | 66 |
Mechanical engineering | 152 | 152 | 112 | 115 | 180 | 180 | 165 | 191 | 200 | 186 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 60 | 52 | 60 | 52 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 79 | 84 | 94 |
Other engineering | 56 | 47 | 51 | 59 | 56 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 90 | 92 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).