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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS 
October 7, 2011
Prior Years: 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
FALL TERM 2011-2012             OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
  UG Grad.     UG Grad.     UG Grad.
UNITED STATES* U.S. Territories and Dependencies   Korea 29 234
Guam 2 1 Kuwait 1 -
Alabama 16 7 Puerto Rico 46 31 Kyrgyzstan 3 -
Alaska 10 4 Virgin Islands 3 1
Arizona 42 49 Latvia - 3
Arkansas 8 6 U.S. Citizens with Lebanon 4 12
Foreign Address 159 184 Lithuania 1 2
California 621 583
Colorado 46 45 Total U. S. 3,932 4,053 Macau 1 -
Connecticut 92 81 Macedonia 2 -
FOREIGN COUNTRIES*   Madagascar - 1
Delaware 19 11 Malawi 1 -
District of Columbia 8 40 Albania 2 - Malaysia 7 13
Argentina 1 17 Mauritius 1 1
Florida 208 130 Armenia 3 2 Mexico 8 46
Australia 3 28 Moldova 3 -
Georgia 71 57 Austria - 5 Mongolia 3 -
Montenegro - 2
Hawaii 19 17 Bahrain 2 1 Morocco 1 1
Bangladesh 4 1
Idaho 7 6 Belarus - 1 Nepal 5 8
Illinois 138 129 Belgium - 8 Netherlands 2 7
Indiana 35 46 Bolivia - 2 New Zealand 1 9
Iowa 16 33 Bosnia-Hercegovina 2 1 Nigeria 8 8
Botswana 1 - Norway 4 9
Kansas 20 14 Brazil 10 40
Kentucky 22 15 Bulgaria 7 13 Pakistan 8 22
Panama - 1
Louisiana 20 18 Cambodia 2 - Paraguay 1 1
Cameroon 4 1 Peru 4 4
Maine 26 14 Canada 22 217 Philippines 2 6
Maryland 158 125 Chile 1 42 Poland 4 5
Massachusetts 354 621 China 46 426 Portugal 2 9
Michigan 99 73 Colombia 2 19
Minnesota 56 54 Costa Rica 3 2 Romania 8 13
Mississippi 5 6 Cote d'Ivoire - 1 Russia 3 34
Missouri 29 45 Croatia - 2 Rwanda 2 1
Montana 7 10 Cyprus 3 3
Czech Republic 1 1 Saudi Arabia 9 12
Nebraska 16 8 Serbia  8 9
Nevada 15 7 Denmark 1 1 Sierra Leone - 1
New Hampshire 36 44 Dominican Republic - 1 Singapore 7 82
New Jersey 173 154 South Africa 1 7
New Mexico 15 20 Ecuador 2 2 Spain 4 57
New York 371 410 Egypt 2 10 Sri Lanka 1 7
North Carolina 60 81 El Salvador 3 1 Stateless 2 2
North Dakota 4 4 Estonia 1 1 St. Lucia - 1
Ethiopia 3 1 St. Vincent & Grenadines 1 -
Ohio 77 93 Sudan - 1
Oklahoma 19 13 Finland - 4 Sweden - 3
Oregon 27 40 France - 68 Switzerland - 12
Syria 2 1
Pennsylvania 121 164 Gaza Strip 1 -
Georgia 1 2 Taiwan 10 84
Rhode Island 10 26 Germany 2 57 Tanzania 3 -
Ghana 6 5 Thailand 17 38
South Carolina 14 15 Greece 3 39 Trinidad & Tobago   2 6
South Dakota 6 6 Guatemala - 5 Tunisia - 1
Turkey 7 51
Tennessee 36 18 Hong  Kong 4 15  
Texas 285 163 Hungary 1 6 Uganda 7 2
Ukraine 3 6
Utah 15 32 Iceland 1 6 United Arab Emirates 2 3
India 33 253 United Kingdom 5 52
Vermont 17 10 Indonesia 7 13 Uruguay - 7
Virginia 132 108 Iran 1 36
Ireland 1 12 Venezuela 1 10
Washington 78 111 Israel 4 46 Viet Nam 9 7
West Virginia 7 9 Italy 2 42
Wisconsin 32 59 West Bank 3 3
Wyoming 4 2 Jamaica 3 2 Zambia 2 -
Japan 3 68 Zimbabwe 6 -
Jordan 7 4
Total Non-U.S. 452 2,457
Kazakhstan 3 4
        Kenya 7 3   Grand Total 4,384 6,510
*Country of Citizenship; students with Permanent Residence status are included with U.S. Citizens.