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Graduate School Destinations for MIT Students

What percentage of Undergraduate, Masters & PhD students go on to Graduate/Professional School, Work or Other?*

Degree Graduate/Professional School Work Ohter
SB 47% (310) 40% (266) 13% (84)
SM/MA/MCP 27% (69) 58% (146) 15% (38)
M. Eng. 18% (23) 78% (100) 4% (6)
MBA 1% (3) 89% (263) 10% (30)
PhD 5% (8) 87% (151) 8% (14)

*Other includes continuing my studies (2nd bachelors degree), internship, taking time off, traveling, deciding between fields, public service, still looking for a job, undecided & other.

What Were the Top 10 Graduate/Preprofessional School Destinations for 2005 Graduates?

Top 10 destinations for graduate school (in order of number of students matriculating):

School # of Students Attending
MIT 177
Harvard University 23
University of Caliafornia - Berkeley 21
Stanford University 19
Yale 11
Cal Tech 8
Columbia University 6
Cambridge 5
University of Pennsylvania 5
Princeton 5

What was the Average Number of Graduate/Professional School Applications/Acceptances?

Average Number of Graduate School Applications: 5.05
Average Number of Graduate School Acceptances: 2.82


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