Table A2: Companies by Founder's Major


All MIT Companies

Last 15 Years

Course
Total
Percent
Total
Percent
All Companies
3,589

427

Engineering
1,997
55.6%
196
45.9%
Aeronautics
151
4.2%
14
3.3%
Civil Engineering
279
7.8%
17
4.0%
Chemical Engineering
267
7.4%
14
3.3%
Electrical Engineering
701
19.5%
74
17.3%
Materials Science
91
2.5%
9
2.1%
Mechanical Engineering
407
11.3%
47
11.0%
Nuclear Engineering
37
1.0%
8
1.9%
Ocean Engineering
64
1.8%
13
3.0%
Life Sciences
88
2.5%
8
1.9%
Biology
66
1.8%
3
0.7%
Nutrition
19
0.5%
2
0.5%
Psychology
3
0.1%
3
0.7%
Physical Science
612
17.1%
39
9.1%
Architecture
171
4.8%
23
5.4%
Chemistry
66
1.8%
1
0.2%
General Science
53
1.5%
0
0.0%
Earth Science
31
0.9%
2
0.5%
Mathematics
83
2.3%
3
0.7%
Meteorology
14
0.4%
0
0.0%
Physics
194
5.4%
10
2.3%
Social Science/Management
892
24.9%
184
43.1%
Urban Planning
89
2.5%
41
9.6%
Economics
48
1.3%
1
0.2%
Graduate Management
352
9.8%
85
19.9%
Humanities
44
1.2%
4
0.9%
Linguistics
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
Management
249
6.9%
11
2.6%
Philosophy
3
0.1%
0
0.0%
Political Science
35
1.0%
13
3.0%
Senior Executive
13
0.4%
6
1.4%
Sloan Fellow
57
1.6%
23
5.4%
Urban Executive
1
0.0%
0
0.0%


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