MIT Reports to the President 1997-98

WOMEN, FOREIGN NATIONAL AND MINORITY GRADUATE ENROLLMENT, AY 1974 TO AY 1998

Academic Year

Number of Women

Percent Women

Number of Foreign National

Percent Foreign National

Number of Minorities

Percent Minorities

Total Enrollment

1974

318

9.5%

954

28.4%

121

3.6%

3,358

1975

405

11.7%

970

28.0%

151

4.4%

3,468

1976

487

13.5%

1,037

28.8%

155

4.3%

3,603

1977

546

14.5%

1,059

28.1%

178

4.7%

3,774

1978

559

14.6%

1,151

30.1%

157

4.1%

3,824

1979

606

15.4%

1,145

29.0%

147

3.7%

3,944

1980

684

16.5%

1,219

29.4%

150

3.6%

4,146

1981

779

17.8%

1,283

29.3%

174

4.0%

4,384

1982

828

18.2%

1,347

29.7%

140

3.1%

4,541

1983

856

19.1%

1,418

31.6%

145

3.2%

4,489

1984

914

19.7%

1,439

31.1%

143

3.1%

4,631

1985

981

20.6%

1,449

30.5%

141

3.0%

4,757

1986

981

19.9%

1,658

33.7%

139

2.8%

4,920

1987

987

19.8%

1,497

30.1%

144

2.9%

4,979

1988

929

19.2%

1,441

29.8%

154

3.2%

4,832

1989

963

20.0%

1,498

31.1%

159

3.3%

4,822

1990

1,064

21.7%

1,628

33.2%

168

3.4%

4,909

1991

1,092

22.0%

1,674

33.7%

155

3.1%

4,967

1992

1,155

23.0%

1,711

34.1%

190

3.8%

5,019

1993

1,177

23.4%

1,755

34.9%

215

4.3%

5,024

1994

1,154

22.7%

1,744

34.3%

193

3.8%

5,090

1995

1,308

23.9%

1,798

32.9%

229

4.2%

5,465

1996

1,313

23.8%

1,745

31.6%

285

5.2%

5,518

1997

1,354

24.6%

1,842

33.5%

268

4.9%

5,499

1998

1,394

25.3%

1,857

33.7%

266

4.8%

5,513

TOTALS

22,834

19.9%

36,319

31.5%

4,367

3.8%

115,476

MIT Reports to the President 1997-98