Statistics
Undergraduate Enrollment 2007-08
- 1,803 students
- 38% women
- 23% underrepresented minorities
Graduate Enrollment 2007-08
- 2,740 students
- 676 women
- 132 underrepresented minorities
Degrees Awarded 2007
- 578 Bachelor's Degrees
- 710 Master's and M.Eng. Degrees
- 337 PhD, ScD, & Professional Eng. Degrees
Faculty 2007-08
- 255 Professors
- 71 Associate Professors
- 46 Assistant Professors
Notable Facts:
- Among the most distinguished in the nation, the School's faculty and research staff comprise about 5% of the membership of the National Academy of Engineering: 102 faculty (current and emeritus) and staff are members of the NAE.
- Nineteen faculty (current and emeritus) and staff are members of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Eleven current and emeritus faculty are members of the Institute of Medicine.
- Fifty faculty (current and emeritus) and staff are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Three current and emeritus faculty members have been awarded the National Medal of Science.
- Since 1995, fifty-two current faculty and staff have received the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award.
- One current faculty member has received the Lemelson-MIT Prize for outstanding inventiveness and creativity (1998).
- Nearly 60% of all undergraduates with declared majors at MIT and over 45% of all graduate students are in the School of Engineering.
- The seven academic departments and two divisions in the School of Engineering are home to over one-third of the Institute's total faculty.
