A. General Information
B. Enrollment and Persistence
C. First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission
D. Transfer Admission
E. Academic Offerings and Policies
F. Student Life
G. Annual Expenses
H. Financial Aid
I. Instructional Faculty and Class Size
J. Disciplinary areas of Degrees Conferred

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

A1. Address Information

Name of College or University:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mailing Address:  77 Massachusetts Aveune
City, State, Zip, Country:  Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

Street Address (if different): ___

Main Phone Number:  617.253.1000
WWW Home Page Address:  http://web.mit.edu/

Admissions Phone Number:  617.253.4791
Admissions Toll-free Number:  ___
Admissions Office Mailing Address:  MIT Admissions Room 3-108, 77 Massachusetts Aveune
City, State, Zip, Country:  Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Admissions Fax Number: 617.258.8304
Admissions E-mail Address:  admissions@mit.edu
If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify: http://web.mit.edu/admissions/
If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide:  ___

A2. Source of institutional control (check one only)

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:

A4. Academic year calendar

A5. Degrees offered by your institution

B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE

B1. Institutional Enrollment--Men and Women Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2005.

*updated October 20, 2006

Total all undergraduates: 4066

Total all graduate and professional students: 6140

GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 10,206

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category. Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2005. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the "Total Undergraduate"column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns.

Persistence
B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005.

Graduation Rates
The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2005 Web-based survey.

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs

Please provide data for the fall 1999 cohort if available. If fall 1999 cohort data are not available, provide data for the fall 1998 cohort.

Fall 1999 Cohort
Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1999. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1999.

B4. Initial 1999 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1050

B5. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: 1

B6. Final 1999 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: 1049
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)

B7. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2003): 863

B8. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2003 and by August 31, 2004): 103

B9. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2004 and by August 31, 2005): 21

B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 987

B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1999 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 94%

Note: Questions B12 - B21 have been omitted. They apply to Two-Year Institutions and not MIT.

Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2004 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

B22. For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2004 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2004? 98%

C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

Applications
C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2005. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.

C2. Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? _X_Yes     ___No

Is your waiting list ranked? No
If yes, do you release that information to students? ___
Do you release that information to school counselors? ___

Admission Requirements
C3. High school completion requirement
Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students:

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

Basis for Selection
C6. Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? If so, check which applies:

Open admission policy as described above for all students ___

Open admission policy as described above for all students, but
selective admission for out-of-state students ___
selective admission to some programs ___
other (explain) ___

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.

SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants?  _X_Yes     ___No
If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission for Fall 2007.

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree -seeking applicants for Fall 2007, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

*updated August 30, 2006

C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT writing component; check all that apply:

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?
___Yes     _X_No

E. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission:  02/15
Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission:  02/15

F. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students): 
Non-native English speakers have the option of taking the TOEFL and SAT Subject Tests in a math and a science. Others must take (SAT or ACT) and SAT Subjects Tests in a math and a science.

G. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2005, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2005 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores . Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores . Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below;the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:

C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 56

C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale). Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:  ___
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:  ___%

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee
Does your institution have an application fee?  _X_Yes   ___No
Amount of application fee:  $65
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?  _X_Yes   ___No

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:
Same fee: _X_
Free: ___
Reduced: ___

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?   _X_Yes   ___No

C14. Application closing date
Does your institution have an application closing date?  _X_Yes   ___No
Application closing date (fall): 01/01
Priority date:  ___

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?  ___Yes   _X_No

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)
On a rolling basis beginning (date):  ___
By (date): 03/25
Other:  ___

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)
Must reply by (date):  ___
No set date:  ___
Must reply by May 1 or within 2 weeks if notified thereafter
Other:  ___

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): __________
Amount of housing deposit: _____$0______
Refundable if student does not enroll?
___ Yes, in full
___ Yes, in part
___ No

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?
  _X_Yes   ___No
If yes, maximum period of postponement:  1 year unless special circumstance

C19. Early admission of high school students: Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation?  _X_Yes   ___No

C20. Common application: Will you accept the common application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?   ___Yes   _X_No
If "yes," are supplemental forms required?   ___Yes   ___No
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group?   ___Yes   _X_No

Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment?   ___Yes   _X_No

If "yes," please complete the following:  ___
First or only early decision plan closing date:  ___
First or only early decision plan notification date:  ___
Other early decision plan closing date:  ___
Other early decision plan notification date:  ___

For the Fall 2005 entering class:

Number of early decision applications received by your institution:  ___
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan:  ___
Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:  ___

C22. Early action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?  _X_Yes   ___No

If "yes," please complete the following:
Early action closing date:  11/01
Early action notification date:  12/15

Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?   ___Yes   _X_No

D. TRANSFER ADMISSION

Fall Applicants

D1. Does your institution enroll transfer students?  _X_Yes   ___No
(If no, please skip to Section E)
If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?
  _X_Yes   ___No

D2. Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking transfer students in fall 2005.

Application for Admission

D3. Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll:

_X_Fall   ___Winter   _X_Spring   ___Summer

D4. Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman?
_X_Yes   ___No
If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure?  2 semesters of college but not more than 5 semesters

D5. Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission:

D6. If a minimum high school grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):  ___

D7. If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):  3.5

D8. List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:
2 semesters calculus, 2 semesters calculus based physics, semester of biology, semester of chemistry (all at the college level)

D9. List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the "Rolling admission"column.

D10. Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students?  ___Yes   ___No

D11. Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable: SAT and SAT Subject Tests in a math and a science

Transfer Credit Policies

D12. Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit:  B

D13. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
Number:___   Unit type:  ___

D14. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:
Number: 5   Unit type:  semesters

D15. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate degree:  ___

D16. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor's degree:  3 semesters

D17. Describe other transfer credit policies: Only U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident transfers may enroll in Spring.

E. ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES

E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution. Refer to the glossary for definitions.

E2. Has been removed from the CDS.

E3. Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation:

Library Collections: The CDS publishers will collect library data again when a new Academic Libraries Survey is in place.

F. STUDENT LIFE

F1. Percentages of first-time, first-year (freshman) students and all degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in fall 2005 who fit the following categories:

F2. Activities offered Identify those programs available at your institution.

F3. ROTC (program offered in cooperation with Reserve Officers' Training Corps)

F4. Housing: Check all types of college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing available for undergraduates at your institution.

G. ANNUAL EXPENSES

Provide 2006-2007 academic year costs of attendance for the following categories that are applicable to your institution.

__Check here if your institution's 2006-2007 academic year costs of attendance are not available at this time and provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution's final 2006-2007 academic year costs of attendance will be available:

G1. Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, room and board
List the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board for a full-time undergraduate student for the FULL 2006-2007 academic year (30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours for institutions that derive annual tuition by multiplying credit hour cost by number of credits). A full academic year refers to the period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters, two trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a four-one-four plan. Room and board is defined as double occupancy and 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan. Required fees include only charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (e.g., registration, health, or activity fees.) Do not include optional fees (e.g., parking, laboratory use).

Comprehensive tuition and room and board fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition and room and board fees): ___

Other:

G2. Number of credits per term a student can take for the stated full-time tuition:
36 minimum     no maximum

G3. Do tuition and fees vary by year of study (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior)? ___Yes   _X_No

G4. If tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program, describe briefly: ___

G5. Provide the estimated expenses for a typical full-time undergraduate student:

G6. Undergraduate per-credit-hour charges:

H. FINANCIAL AID

Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates

H1. Enter total dollar amounts awarded to enrolled full-time and less-than-full-time degree-seeking undergraduates (using the same cohort reported in CDS Question B1, "total degree-seeking"undergraduates) in the following categories. (Note: If the data being reported are final figures for the 2004-2005 academic year (see the next item below), use the 2004-2004 academic year's CDS Question B1 cohort.) Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid). Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid columns. (For a suggested order of precedence in assigning categories of aid to cover need, see the entry for "non-need-based scholarship or grant aid"on the last page of the definitions section.)

Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1, H2, H2A, and H6 below:
__2005-2006 estimated or  _X_2004-2005 final

Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid?

H2. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who applied for and were awarded financial aid from any source. Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.

H2A. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Non-need-based Scholarships and Grants: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional-not external-non-need-based scholarship or grant aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.

H3. Incorporated into H1 above.

H4. Provide the percentage of the 2005 undergraduate class who graduated between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005 and borrowed at any time through any loan programs (federal, state, subsidized, unsubsidized, private, etc.;exclude parent loans). Include only students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution.  50%

H5. Report the average per-borrower cumulative undergraduate indebtedness of those in line H4. Do not include money borrowed at other institutions: $ 19,748

Aid to Undergraduate Degree-seeking Nonresident Aliens (Note: Report numbers and dollar amounts for the same academic year checked in item H1.)

H6. Indicate your institution's policy regarding institutional scholarship or grant aid for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens:

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:  239

Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $ 33,883

Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $ 8,131,945

H7. Check off all financial aid forms nonresident alien first-year financial aid applicants must submit:

Process for First-Year/Freshman Students

H8. Check off all financial aid forms domestic first-year (freshman) financial aid applicants must submit:

H9. Indicate filing dates for first-year (freshman) students:

Priority date for filing required financial aid forms: 02/01
Deadline for filing required financial aid forms: 02/01
No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis):  ___

H10. Indicate notification dates for first-year (freshman) students (answer a or b):
a) Students notified on or about (date):  04/01
b) Students notified on a rolling basis:  ___Yes   _X__No     If yes, starting date: 

H11. Indicate reply dates:
Students must reply by (date): 05/01 or within ___ weeks of notification.

Types of Aid Available

Please check off all types of aid available to undergraduates at your institution:

H12. Loans

FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM (DIRECT LOAN)

FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM (FFEL)

H13. Scholarships and Grants

H14. Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid. Check all that apply.

I. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY AND CLASS SIZE

I-1. Please report the number of instructional faculty members in each category for Fall 2005. Include faculty who are on your institution's payroll on the census date your institution uses for IPEDS/AAUP.

The following definition of instructional faculty is used by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey. Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclusions:

Full-time instructional faculty: faculty employed on a full-time basis for instruction (including those with released time for research)

Part-time instructional faculty: Adjuncts and other instructors being paid solely for part-time classroom instruction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions. Employees who are not considered full-time instructional faculty but who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty.

Minority faculty : includes faculty who designate themselves as black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian or Pacific Islander; or Hispanic.

Doctorate: includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration.

First-professional: includes the fields of dentistry (DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), law (JD) and theological professions (MDiv, MHL).

Terminal master's degree: a master's degree that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (in architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts in art or theater).

I-2. Student to Faculty Ratio

Report the Fall 2005 ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part-time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full-time plus 1/3 part-time). In the ratio calculations, exclude both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students. Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty.

Fall 2005 Student to Faculty ratio: 7.5 to 1 (based on 9845 students and 1530 faculty).

I-3. Undergraduate Class Size

In the table below, please use the following definitions to report information about the size of classes and class sections offered in the Fall 2005 term.

Class Sections: A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums , and all students in one-on-one classes. Each class section should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-listings.

Class Subsections: A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory, recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and are scheduled to meet separately from the lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled for credit. As above, exclude noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Each class subsection should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross-listings.

Using the above definitions, please report for each of the following class-size intervals the number of class sections and class subsections offered in Fall 2005. For example, a lecture class with 800 students who met at another time in 40 separate labs with 20 students should be counted once in the "100+" column in the class section column and 40 times under the "20-29" column of the class subsections table.

Number of Class Sections with Undergraduates Enrolled

Undergraduate Class Size (provide numbers)

J. Disciplinary areas of DEGREES CONFERRED

Degrees conferred between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005

For each of the following discipline areas, provide the percentage of diplomas/certificates, associate, and bachelor’s degrees awarded. To determine the percentage, use majors, not headcount (e.g., students with one degree but a double major will be represented twice). Calculate the percentage from your institution’s IPEDS Completions by using the sum of 1st and 2nd majors for each CIP code as the numerator and the sum of the Grand Total by 1st Majors and the Grand Total by 2nd major as the denominator. If you prefer, you can compute the percentages using 1st majors only.

Note: Diploma/Certificates and Associate degrees are not awarded by MIT. The columns have been omitted.