Enrollments 2012–2013

Undergraduate Enrollment		4,503
First-year*	1,141
Undeclared second-year*	8
Special undergraduate students	26
	Major	2nd Major
Architecture and Planning	52	3
Engineering	2,178	47
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences	129	39
Management	97	18
Science	872	106

* MIT students do not enroll in an academic department until the start of their sophomore year, and may defer decision on a course of study until the end of that year.

 

Graduate Enrollment			6,686
	Master's	Doctoral	Special
Architecture and Planning	389	185	0
Engineering	1,070	2,093*	142
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences	32	280	2
Management	1,241	138	8
Science	9	1,086	11

* This number includes 184 students working on Harvard degrees only through the Health Sciences and Technology program.

 

Women have attended MIT since 1871. In fall 2012, 2,038 women were enrolled as undergraduates (45 percent) and 2,084 as graduate students (31 percent).

US minority groups were represented by 2,250 undergraduates (50 percent) and 1,338 graduate students (20 percent).

US Minority Enrollment
	Undergraduate	Graduate
African American	368	165
American Indian or Alaska Native	57	63
Asian American	1,182	822
Hispanic	637	282
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	6	6

 

In 2012–2013, MIT students come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, three territories, and 117 foreign countries.