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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  
NUMBER OF STUDENTS BY COURSE AND YEAR  
October 6, 2006
FALL TERM 2006-2007 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 17 21 9 2 49 172 36 12 1 221 270 IV
Architecture, IV-B - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 IV-B
Urban Studies and Planning, XI 6 5 1 3 15 159 41 24 - 224 239 XI
Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MAS   - - - - -   70 63 2 2 137   137   MAS
Total   23 26 12 5 66   401 140 38 3 582   648   Total
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING                          
Aeronautics and Astronautics, XVI - - - - - 135 84 4 6 229 229 XVI
  Program 1 - Aerospace Engineering, XVI-1 60 57 41 6 164 - - - - - 164 XVI-1
  Program 2 - Aerospace Eng. with Information Technology, XVI-2 5 3 8 1 17 - - - - - 17 XVI-2
Biological Engineering Division, XX - 25 - - 25 13 119 1 4 137 162 XX
Chemical Engineering, X 37 27 33 - 97 60 170 - - 230 327 X
Chemical Biological Engineering, X-B 58 47 45 - 150 - - - - - 150 X-B
Chemical Engineering, X-C - 1 5 - 6 - - - - - 6 X-C
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I - - - - - 78 73 - - 151 151 I
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-A 2 1 3 - 6 - - - - - 6 I-A
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-C 17 12 16 - 45 - - - - - 45 I-C
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-E 18 9 10 1 38 - - - - - 38 I-E
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 4 - - 4 4 I-W
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI - - - - - 85 572 5 33 695 695 VI
  Program 1 - Electrical Science and Engineering 27 48 31 5 111 - - - - - 111 VI-1
  Program 2 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 100 103 78 13 294 - - - - - 294 VI-2
  Program 3 - Computer Science and Engineering 66 72 57 10 205 - - - - - 205 VI-3
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-P (M.Eng.) - - - - - 149 - - - 149 149 VI-P
Electrical Eng and Computer Science, VI-PA (M.Eng., Internship) - - - - - 11 - - - 11 11 VI-PA
  Program 1 - Electrical Science and Engineering - 2 6 - 8 - - - - - 8 VI-1A
  Program 2 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - 6 11 - 17 - - - - - 17 VI-2A
  Program 3 - Computer Science and Engineering - 1 3 - 4 - - - - - 4 VI-3A
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 5 - - 5 5 VI-W
Materials Science and Engineering, III 35 34 39 3 111 106 122 - 1 229 340 III
Materials Science and Engineering, III-A 3 2 - - 5 - - - - - 5 III-A
Materials Science and Engineering, III-C - 2 1 - 3 - - - - - 3 III-C
Mechanical Engineering, II 98 104 87 13 302 160 230 - 5 395 697 II
Mechanical Engineering, II-A 29 22 31 1 83 - - - - - 83 II-A
Mechanical Engineering, II-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 10 18 - - 28 28 II-W
Mechanical and Ocean Eng, II-OE 4 4 1 - 9 - - - - - 9 II-OE
Ocean Systems Management, II-MB - - - - - 2 - - - 2 2 II-MB
Naval Construction and Engineering, II-MN - - - - - 38 - - - 38 38 II-MN
Ocean Engineering, II-MO - - - - - 5 - - - 5 5 II-MO
Nuclear Science and Engineering, XXII 7 20 15 4 46 25 82 - - 107 153 XXII
Ocean Engineering, XIII - - 3 - 3 - - - - - 3 XIII
Advanced Study Program, ASP - - - - - - - - 40 40 40 ASP
Program in Computation for Design and Optimization, CDO - - - - - 21 - - - 21 21 CDO
Program in Computational and Systems Biology, CSB - - - - - - 18 - - 18 18 CSB
Engineering Systems Division, ESD - - - - - 112 56 1 3 172 172 ESD
System Design and Management, SDM   - - - - -   88 - - 20 108   108   SDM
Total   566 602 524 57 1,749   1,098 1,553 11 112 2,774   4,523   Total
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES                        
Economics, XIV 22 21 23 4 70 - 107 11 4 122 192 XIV
Anthropology, XXI-A - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 XXI-A
History, XXI-H 1 - 1 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-H
Literature, XXI-L - 2 1 - 3 - - - - - 3 XXI-L
Music and Theater Arts, XXI-M 1 - 1 1 3 - - - - - 3 XXI-M
Writing and Humanistic Studies, XXI-W - - - 2 2 7 - - 4 11 13 XXI-W
Humanities, XXI - - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 XXI
Humanities and Engineering, XXI-E - 1 2 1 4 - - - - - 4 XXI-E
Humanities and Science, XXI-S - 1 1 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-S
Linguistics and Philosophy, XXIV 3 3 3 2 11 - 62 8 - 70 81 XXIV
Political Science, XVII 4 6 6 2 18 5 54 9 - 68 86 XVII
Program in Comparative Media Studies, XXI-CMS 2 3 3 - 8 20 - - - 20 28 XXI-CMS
Program in Science, Technology, and Society, STS   - - - - -   - 26 2 - 28   28   STS
Total   33 37 42 13 125   32 249 30 8 319   444   Total
SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT                          
Management, XV 67 77 86 6 236 726 74 5 4 809 1,045 XV
Management Fellows, XV-A - - - - - 100 - - - 100 100 XV-A
Operations Research, OR   - - - - -   13 41 - - 54   54   OR
Total   67 77 86 6 236   839 115 5 4 963   1,199   Total
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE                          
Biology, VII 64 65 78 7 214 - 212 1 7 220 434 VII
Biology, VII-A 2 - 2 1 5 - - - - - 5 VII-A
Biology, VII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 32 - - 32 32 VII-W
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, IX 54 44 44 3 145 - 83 - 2 85 230 IX
Chemistry, V 36 28 25 4 93 2 236 3 2 243 336 V
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII 14 13 16 - 43 4 80 - - 84 127 XII
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 3 72 - - 75 75 XII-W
Mathematics, XVIII 56 59 55 7 177 - 117 - 8 125 302 XVIII
Mathematics with Computer Science, XVIII-C 12 10 7 2 31 - - - - - 31 XVIII-C
Physics, VIII 77 57 58 4 196 3 248 - 2 253 449 VIII
Physics, VIII-A   - 5 9 - 14   - - - - -   14   VIII-A
Total   315 281 294 28 918   12 1,080 4 21 1,117   2,035   Total
WHITAKER COLLEGE of Health Sciences and Technology                            
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, HST - - - - -   19 346 1 5 371   371*   HST
Undesignated Sophomores   15 - - - 15   - - - - -   15   UND
First Year 1,005 - - - - 1,005   - - - - -   1,005   First Year
Special Undergraduate -- No Course                             13    - - - - 13   - - - - -   13   Special-NC
Grand Total                                                               13   1,005 1,019 1,023 958 109 4,127   2,401 3,483 89 153 6,126   10,253   Grand Total
Not included in above totals:
Foreign Study: 2 students in the second year, 40 students in the third year, 5 students in the fourth year. 
Non-Institute Brandeis, NIR - - - - - 5 5 NIR
Non-Institute Harvard, NIH - 7 45 66 118 253 371 NIH
Non-Institute MFA/MCA, NIA - - 2 6 8 - 8 NIA
Non-Institute Wellesley, NIW - 15 26 42 83 - 83 NIW
Non-Institute Research Visitor, NIV - - 1 4 5 161 166 NIV
Non-Institute Exchange, NIE - - 36 -   36           25   61   NIE
Total - 22 110 118   250           444   694   Total
*Number includes 203 students working on Harvard degrees only.