Skip to Content
Home  |  Contact Us  |  WebSIS  |  Search:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  
NUMBER OF STUDENTS BY COURSE AND YEAR  
October 5, 2012
Prior Years: 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Y Y
FALL TERM 2012-2013 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 8 13 12 4 37 179 41 8 - 228 265 IV
Urban Studies and Planning, XI 1 3 9 2 15 129 52 10 - 191 206 XI
Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MAS - - - - - 62 67 7 - 136 136 MAS
Real Estate Development, RED   - - - - -   19 - - - 19   19   RED
Total   9 16 21 6 52   389 160 25 - 574   626   Total
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING    
Aeronautics and Astronautics, XVI - - - - - 125 119 2 - 246 246 XVI
Aerospace Engineering, XVI-1 48 33 36 2 119 - - - - - 119 XVI-1
Aerospace Eng. with Information Technology, XVI-2 6 10 5 - 21 - - - - - 21 XVI-2
Aeronautics and Astronautics, XVI-ENG 12 - 4 - 16 - - - - - 16 XVI-ENG
Biological Engineering, XX 86 59 52 2 199 2 127 - - 129 328 XX
Chemical Engineering, X 39 32 30 - 101 10 212 - - 222 323 X
Chemical Biological Engineering, X-B 32 26 38 - 96 - - - - - 96 X-B
Chemical Engineering, X-C - - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 X-C
Chemical Engineering, X-ENG 3 5 - - 8 - - - - - 8 X-ENG
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I - - - - - 129 87 1 1 218 218 I
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-A 1 2 - - 3 - - - - - 3 I-A
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-C 14 14 13 1 42 - - - - - 42 I-C
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-E 8 10 9 - 27 - - - - - 27 I-E
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 6 - - 7 7 I-W
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI - - - - - 3 631 2 10 646 646 VI
Electrical Science and Engineering, VI-1 20 23 20 4 67 - - - - - 67 VI-1
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-2 138 146 85 10 379 - - - - - 379 VI-2
Computer Science and Engineering, VI-3 113 124 105 15 357 - - - - - 357 VI-3
Computer Science and Molecular Biology, VI-7 26 22 6 - 54 - - - - - 54 VI-7
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-P (M.Eng.) - - - - - 138 - - - 138 138 VI-P
Electrical Eng and Computer Science, VI-PA (M.Eng., Internship) - - - - - 19 - - - 19 19 VI-PA
Electrical Science and Engineering, VI-1A - - 7 - 7 - - - - - 7 VI-1A
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-2A - - 8 - 8 - - - - - 8 VI-2A
Computer Science and Engineering, VI-3A - - 2 1 3 - - - - - 3 VI-3A
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 3 - - 4 4 VI-W
Materials Science and Engineering, III 45 36 30 3 114 94 116 - 1 211 325 III
Materials Science and Engineering, III-A 5 5 10 - 20 - - - - - 20 III-A
Materials Science and Engineering, III-C 1 1 1 - 3 - - - - - 3 III-C
Mechanical Engineering, II 84 80 87 8 259 244 282 3 - 529 788 II
Mechanical Engineering, II-A 98 61 68 7 234 - - - - - 234 II-A
Mechanical Engineering, II-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 4 13 - - 17 17 II-W
Mechanical and Ocean Eng, II-OE 3 6 4 - 13 - - - - - 13 II-OE
Naval Construction and Engineering, II-MN - - - - - 30 - - - 30 30 II-MN
Ocean Engineering, II-MO - - - - - 2 - - - 2 2 II-MO
Nuclear Science and Engineering, XXII 10 6 11 - 27 12 102 - - 114 141 XXII
Program in Computation for Design and Optimization, CDO - - - - - 19 - - - 19 19 CDO
Program in Computational and Systems Biology, CSB - - - - - - 36 - - 36 36 CSB
Engineering Systems Division, ESD - - - - - 120 49 - - 169 169 ESD
Engineering Systems Division, ESD-SDM - - - - - 117 - - 32 149 149 ESD-SDM
Health Sciences and Technology, HST - - - - - - 299 3 - 302* 302* HST
Professional Education Program, PEP   - - - - -   - - - 98 98   98   PEP
Total   792 701 632 53 2,178   1,070 2,082 11 142 3,305   5,483   Total
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES    
Economics, XIV 27 16 26 3 72 - 102 21 - 123 195 XIV
History, XXI-H - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 XXI-H
Humanities and Engineering, XXI-E 1 - 3 1 5 - - - - - 5 XXI-E
Humanities and Science, XXI-S 1 1 - 1 3 - - - - - 3 XXI-S
Literature, XXI-L - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-L
Music and Theater Arts, XXI-M - 1 1 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-M
Writing and Humanistic Studies, XXI-W - 3 - - 3 9 - - - 9 12 XXI-W
Linguistics and Philosophy, XXIV 4 4 2 1 11 - 67 2 1 70 81 XXIV
Political Science, XVII 3 6 5 1 15 3 49 8 - 60 75 XVII
Program in Comparative Media Studies, XXI-CMS 6 1 4 4 15 20 - - 1 21 36 XXI-CMS
Program in Science, Technology, and Society, STS   - - - - -   - 26 5 - 31   31   STS
Total   42 32 43 12 129   32 244 36 2 314   443   Total
SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT    
Management, XV 18 39 35 5 97 1,228 81 4 8 1,321 1,418 XV
Operations Research, OR   - - - - -   13 53 - - 66   66   OR
Total   18 39 35 5 97   1,241 134 4 8 1,387   1,484   Total
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE    
Biology, VII 40 48 49 2 139 - 236 2 4 242 381 VII
Biology, VII-A - 5 9 2 16 - - - - - 16 VII-A
Biology, VII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 22 - - 22 22 VII-W
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, IX 24 46 43 3 116 - 101 1 - 102 218 IX
Chemistry, V 22 23 25 1 71 2 223 7 - 232 303 V
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII 4 6 6 3 19 5 90 - - 95 114 XII
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 70 - - 71 71 XII-W
Mathematics, XVIII 73 62 67 7 209 - 108 - 1 109 318 XVIII
Mathematics with Computer Science, XVIII-C 26 29 20 3 78 - - - - - 78 XVIII-C
Physics, VIII   74 74 72 4 224   1 220 6 6 233   457   VIII
Total   263 293 291 25 872   9 1,070 16 11 1,106   1,978   Total
Undesignated Sophomores   8 - - - 8   - - - - -   8   UND
First Year 1,141 - - - - 1,141   - - - - -   1,141   First Year
Special Undergraduate -- No Course                      26    - - - - 26   - - - - -   26   Special-NC
Grand Total                                                             26   1,141 1,132 1,081 1,022 101 4,503   2,741 3,690 92 163 6,686   11,189   Grand Total
Not included in above totals:
Foreign Study:  16 students in the third year,  4 students in the fourth year.
Non-Institute Brandeis, NIR - - - - - 2 2 NIR
Non-Institute Gordon College, NIG - - 1 - 1 - 1 NIG
Non-Institute Harvard, NIH 3 30 18 46 97 287 384 NIH
Non-Institute MFA/MCA, NIA - - - 4 4 4 8 NIA
Non-Institute Salem State, NIS 1 - - - 1 - 1 NIS
Non-Institute Tufts, NIT - - 3 - 3 - 3 NIT
Non-Institute Wellesley, NIW 8 57 42 59 166 - 166 NIW
Non-Institute Research Visitor, NIV - - - - - 284 284 NIV
Non-Institute Exchange, NIE - - 19 2   21           7   28   NIE
Total 12 87 83 111   293           584   877   Total
*Number includes 184 students working on Harvard degrees only.