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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  
NUMBER OF STUDENTS BY COURSE AND YEAR  
October 7, 2011
FALL TERM 2011-2012 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 11 12 18 1 42 187 38 14 - 239 281 IV
Urban Studies and Planning, XI 1 8 8 - 17 138 48 12 - 198 215 XI
Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MAS - - - - - 61 76 4 - 141 141 MAS
Real Estate Development, RED   - - - - -   23 - - - 23   23   RED
Total   12 20 26 1 59   409 162 30 - 601   660   Total
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING                          
Aeronautics and Astronautics, XVI - - - - - 121 105 3 3 232 232 XVI
Aerospace Engineering, XVI-1 35 37 31 4 107 - - - - - 107 XVI-1
Aerospace Eng. with Information Technology, XVI-2 8 5 8 1 22 - - - - - 22 XVI-2
Aeronautics and Astronautics, XVI-ENG 2 4 3 - 9 - - - - - 9 XVI-ENG
Biological Engineering, XX 75 60 31 3 169 4 120 - - 124 293 XX
Chemical Engineering, X 33 30 32 3 98 20 219 1 4 244 342 X
Chemical Biological Engineering, X-B 34 40 36 1 111 - - - - - 111 X-B
Chemical Engineering, X-C - - 1 1 2 - - - - - 2 X-C
Chemical Engineering, X-ENG 5 - - - 5 - - - - - 5 X-ENG
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I - - - - - 128 83 - 2 213 213 I
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-A 3 1 2 1 7 - - - - - 7 I-A
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-C 12 14 14 2 42 - - - - - 42 I-C
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-E 12 7 11 - 30 - - - - - 30 I-E
Civil and Environmental Engineering, I-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 5 - - 5 5 I-W
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI - - - - - 2 628 7 22 659 659 VI
Electrical Science and Engineering, VI-1 28 31 20 7 86 - - - - - 86 VI-1
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-2 153 112 63 11 339 - - - - - 339 VI-2
Computer Science and Engineering, VI-3 102 84 101 11 298 - - - - - 298 VI-3
Computer Science and Molecular Biology, VI-7 18 4 - - 22 - - - - - 22 VI-7
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-P (M.Eng.) - - - - - 135 - - - 135 135 VI-P
Electrical Eng and Computer Science, VI-PA (M.Eng., Internship) - - - - - 24 - - - 24 24 VI-PA
Electrical Science and Engineering, VI-1A - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 VI-1A
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-2A - - 12 - 12 - - - - - 12 VI-2A
Computer Science and Engineering, VI-3A - - 10 - 10 - - - - - 10 VI-3A
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VI-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 6 - - 7 7 VI-W
Materials Science and Engineering, III 43 36 39 3 121 83 109 1 1 194 315 III
Materials Science and Engineering, III-A 6 6 11 - 23 - - - - - 23 III-A
Materials Science and Engineering, III-C - 1 1 - 2 - - - - - 2 III-C
Mechanical Engineering, II 78 90 79 5 252 240 249 4 4 497 749 II
Mechanical Engineering, II-A 62 67 64 10 203 - - - - - 203 II-A
Mechanical Engineering, II-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 4 13 - - 17 17 II-W
Mechanical and Ocean Eng, II-OE 5 3 3 - 11 - - - - - 11 II-OE
Naval Construction and Engineering, II-MN - - - - - 31 - - - 31 31 II-MN
Nuclear Science and Engineering, XXII 7 13 16 - 36 16 105 - - 121 157 XXII
Program in Computation for Design and Optimization, CDO - - - - - 16 - - - 16 16 CDO
Program in Computational and Systems Biology, CSB - - - - - - 39 - - 39 39 CSB
Engineering Systems Division, ESD - - - - - 120 47 3 2 172 172 ESD
Engineering Systems Division, ESD-SDM - - - - - 126 - - 32 158 158 ESD-SDM
Professional Education Program, PEP   - - - - -   - - - 40 40   40   PEP
Total   721 645 590 63 2,019   1,071 1,728 19 110 2,928   4,947   Total
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES                      
Economics, XIV 16 27 29 - 72 - 103 21 9 133 205 XIV
History, XXI-H - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-H
Humanities and Engineering, XXI-E - - 1 1 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-E
Humanities and Science, XXI-S - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-S
Literature, XXI-L - 1 1 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-L
Music and Theater Arts, XXI-M 1 1 - - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-M
Writing and Humanistic Studies, XXI-W - - 1 1 2 8 - - - 8 10 XXI-W
Linguistics and Philosophy, XXIV 5 2 2 - 9 1 62 3 - 66 75 XXIV
Political Science, XVII 4 7 4 1 16 2 47 7 - 56 72 XVII
Program in Comparative Media Studies, XXI-CMS 1 4 6 - 11 11 - - 5 16 27 XXI-CMS
Program in Science, Technology, and Society, STS   - - - - -   - 23 3 1 27   27   STS
Total   27 42 48 3 120   22 235 34 15 306   426   Total
SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT                          
Management, XV 31 39 28 8 106 1,098 79 2 9 1,188 1,294 XV
Operations Research, OR   - - - - -   10 43 1 - 54   54   OR
Total   31 39 28 8 106   1,108 122 3 9 1,242   1,348   Total
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE                          
Biology, VII 42 52 55 3 152 - 225 2 8 235 387 VII
Biology, VII-A 3 2 5 - 10 - - - - - 10 VII-A
Biology, VII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 21 - - 21 21 VII-W
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, IX 43 44 37 2 126 - 94 - 1 95 221 IX
Chemistry, V 26 28 29 1 84 - 218 4 - 222 306 V
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII 7 6 12 1 26 6 93 - - 99 125 XII
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, XII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - - 76 - - 76 76 XII-W
Mathematics, XVIII 65 76 65 6 212 - 102 - 6 108 320 XVIII
Mathematics with Computer Science, XVIII-C 29 22 19 3 73 - - - - - 73 XVIII-C
Physics, VIII   83 76 73 3 235   1 236 5 - 242   477   VIII
Total   298 306 295 19 918   7 1,065 11 15 1,098   2,016   Total
WHITAKER COLLEGE of Health Sciences and Technology                            
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, HST - - - - -   9 321 2 3 335*   335*   HST
Undesignated Sophomores   13 - - - 13   - - - - -   13   UND
First Year 1,128 - - - - 1,128   - - - - -   1,128   First Year
Special Undergraduate -- No Course                      21    - - - - 21   - - - - -   21   Special-NC
Grand Total                                                             21   1,128 1,102 1,052 987 94 4,384   2,626 3,633 99 152 6,510   10,894   Grand Total
Not included in above totals:
Foreign Study:  17 students in the third year,  4 students in the fourth year.
Non-Institute Brandeis, NIR - - - - - 4 4 NIR
Non-Institute Gordon, NIG - 1 - - 1 - 1 NIG
Non-Institute Harvard, NIH 3 13 17 43 76 335 411 NIH
Non-Institute MFA/MCA, NIA - 1 - 1 2 11 13 NIA
Non-Institute Salem State, NIS 1 - - - 1 - 1 NIS
Non-Institute Tufts, NIT 3 4 - 3 10 - 10 NIT
Non-Institute Wellesley, NIW 1 28 45 71 145 - 145 NIW
Non-Institute Research Visitor, NIV - - - - - 295 295 NIV
Non-Institute Exchange, NIE - - 20 -   20           17   37   NIE
Total 8 47 82 118   255           662   917   Total
*Number includes 196 students working on Harvard degrees only.