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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  
NUMBER OF STUDENTS BY COURSE AND YEAR  
October 9, 2009
Prior Years: 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Y Y
FALL TERM 2009-2010
 OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
      Year     Total     Doctoral            
Under- Master/ Non- Total Grand Course
Course   2 3 4 5 grads   Eng. Reg. Res. Spec'l. Grads   Total   Number
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING                              
Architecture, IV 23 10 11 2 46 172 42 7 2 223 269 IV
Architecture, IV-B - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 IV-B
Urban Studies and Planning, XI 8 8 10 2 28 140 53 14 2 209 237 XI
Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MAS - - - - - 69 69 1 - 139 139 MAS
Real Estate Development, RED   - - - - -   13 - - - 13   13   RED
Total   31 18 23 4 76   394 164 22 4 584   660   Total
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING                          
Aeronautics and Astronautics, XVI - - - - - 130 97 2 8 237 237 XVI
  Program 1 - Aerospace Engineering, XVI-1 52 53 50 2 157 - - - - - 157 XVI-1
  Program 2 - Aerospace Eng. with Information Technology, XVI-2 5 12 5 1 23 - - - - - 23 XVI-2
Biological Engineering, XX 2 59 41 2 104 2 103 - - 105 209 XX
Chemical Engineering, X 37 34 31 1 103 38 203 - - 241 344 X
Chemical Biological Engineering, X-B 50 34 41 1 126 - - - - - 126 X-B
Chemical Engineering, X-C - - 1 1 2 - - - - - 2 X-C
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I - - - - - 119 68 - 1 188 188 I
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-A 4 5 5 - 14 - - - - - 14 I-A
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-C 14 19 15 1 49 - - - - - 49 I-C
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-E 20 16 11 - 47 - - - - - 47 I-E
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 3 - - 3 3 I-W
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI - - - - - 7 600 5 16 628 628 VI
  Program 1 - Electrical Science and Engineering 22 33 33 4 92 - - - - - 92 VI-1
  Program 2 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 117 101 75 8 301 - - - - - 301 VI-2
  Program 3 - Computer Science and Engineering 84 68 81 3 236 - - - - - 236 VI-3
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-P (M.Eng.) - - - - - 135 - - - 135 135 VI-P
Electrical Eng and Computer Science, VI-PA (M.Eng., Internship) - - - - - 14 - - - 14 14 VI-PA
  Program 1 - Electrical Science and Engineering - - 10 - 10 - - - - - 10 VI-1A
  Program 2 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - - 7 - 7 - - - - - 7 VI-2A
  Program 3 - Computer Science and Engineering - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 VI-3A
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 5 - - 6 6 VI-W
Materials Science and Engineering, III 41 30 18 - 89 113 108 1 1 223 312 III
Materials Science and Engineering, III-A 8 - 4 - 12 - - - - - 12 III-A
Materials Science and Engineering, III-C 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 1 III-C
Mechanical Engineering, II 76 112 80 4 272 199 240 2 4 445 717 II
Mechanical Engineering, II-A 67 50 49 5 171 - - - - - 171 II-A
Mechanical Engineering, II-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 2 16 - - 18 18 II-W
Mechanical and Ocean Eng, II-OE 5 6 6 - 17 - - - - - 17 II-OE
Naval Construction and Engineering, II-MN - - - - - 30 - - - 30 30 II-MN
Nuclear Science and Engineering, XXII 22 16 13 - 51 14 94 - - 108 159 XXII
Program in Computation for Design and Optimization, CDO - - - - - 29 - - - 29 29 CDO
Program in Computational and Systems Biology, CSB - - - - - - 36 - - 36 36 CSB
Engineering Systems Division, ESD - - - - - 115 54 2 1 172 172 ESD
  Engineering Systems Division, ESD-SDM - - - - - 115 - - 17 132 132 ESD-SDM
Professional Education Program, PEP   - - - - -   - - - 44 44   44   PEP
Total   627 648 578 33 1,886   1,063 1,627 12 92 2,794   4,680   Total
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES                      
Economics, XIV 19 38 32 1 90 - 93 21 4 118 208 XIV
Foreign Languages and Literatures, XXI-F - - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 XXI-F
History, XXI-H - - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 XXI-H
Literature, XXI-L - 1 3 1 5 - - - - - 5 XXI-L
Music and Theater Arts, XXI-M 1 1 4 - 6 - - - - - 6 XXI-M
Writing and Humanistic Studies, XXI-W 1 - 2 - 3 7 - - - 7 10 XXI-W
Humanities and Engineering, XXI-E - 1 1 1 3 - - - - - 3 XXI-E
Humanities and Science, XXI-S - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-S
Linguistics and Philosophy, XXIV 3 1 2 - 6 - 60 6 - 66 72 XXIV
Political Science, XVII 3 7 6 1 17 8 56 4 - 68 85 XVII
Program in Comparative Media Studies, XXI-CMS 3 3 7 3 16 12 - - - 12 28 XXI-CMS
Program in Science, Technology, and Society, STS   - - - - -   - 25 3 2 30   30   STS
Total   30 52 61 7 150   27 234 34 6 301   451   Total
SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT                          
Management, XV 30 56 51 10 147 815 74 1 9 899 1,046 XV
Management Fellows, XV-A - - - - - 110 - - - 110 110 XV-A
Operations Research, OR   - - - - -   11 46 - - 57   57   OR
Total   30 56 51 10 147   936 120 1 9 1,066   1,213   Total
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE                          
Biology, VII 83 40 60 4 187 1 212 - 2 215 402 VII
Biology, VII-A 2 1 5 2 10 - - - - - 10 VII-A
Biology, VII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 24 - - 24 24 VII-W
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, IX 43 53 36 4 136 1 92 - 2 95 231 IX
Chemistry, V 28 21 26 1 76 - 219 - 1 220 296 V
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII 11 8 8 - 27 4 86 - - 90 117 XII
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 66 1 - 68 68 XII-W
Mathematics, XVIII 58 60 63 4 185 - 114 1 3 118 303 XVIII
Mathematics with Computer Science, XVIII-C 22 12 9 - 43 - - - - - 43 XVIII-C
Physics, VIII   74 59 56 6 195   1 234 - - 235   430   VIII
Total   321 254 263 21 859   8 1,047 2 8 1,065   1,924   Total
WHITAKER COLLEGE of Health Sciences and Technology                            
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, HST - - - - -   16 324 1 1 342*   342*   HST
Undesignated Sophomores 22 - - - 22 - - - - - 22 UND
First Year 1,078 - - - - 1,078 - - - - - 1,078 First Year
Special Undergraduate -- No Course                      14    - - - - 14   - - - - -   14   Special-NC
Grand Total                                                        14   1,078 1,061 1,028 976 75 4,232   2,444 3,516 72 120 6,152   10,384   Grand Total
Not included in above totals:
Domestic Study: 2 students in the third year. Foreign Study: 32 students in the third year, 5 students in the fourth year.
                         
Non-Institute Brandeis, NIR - - - - - 3 3 NIR
Non-Institute Harvard, NIH 4 8 34 50 96 340 436 NIH
Non-Institute MFA/MCA, NIA - - - 1 1 5 6 NIA
Non-Institute Wellesley, NIW - 26 34 70 130 - 130 NIW
Non-Institute Research Visitor, NIV - - - - - 292 292 NIV
Non-Institute Exchange, NIE - - 30 2   32           19   51   NIE
Total 4 34 98 123 0 259           659   918   Total
*Number includes 189 students working on Harvard degrees only.