MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

 

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS
October 9, 1998

FALL TERM 1998-1999

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR


UG

Grad

UG

Grad

UG

Grad

UNITED STATES*


U.S. Territories

and Dependencies

Alabama

24

12

Guam

1

3

Jordan

5

1

Alaska

21

5

Puerto Rico

58

19

Arizona

24

26

Virgin Islands

7

-

Kenya

9

5

Arkansas

12

1

Korea

4

125

U.S. Citizens with

83

295

Foreign Address

California

519

418


Lebanon

1

20

Colorado

40

40

Liechtenstein

-

1

Connecticut

97

104

Total U. S.

4,028

3,602

Lithuania

-

1


Luxembourg

-

1

Delaware

16

12

FOREIGN COUNTRIES*

District of Columbia

14

32

Macedonia

2

1

Algeria

1

-

Malaysia

11

20

Florida

170

90

Argentina

2

34

Mexico

8

52

Australia

-

20

Moldova

-

1

Georgia

67

51

Austria

1

16

Morocco

2

4


Hawaii

49

18

Bahamas

2

-

Nepal

3

2

Bangladesh

4

6

Netherlands

-

6

Idaho

7

5

Barbados

2

1

New Zealand

1

3

Illinois

126

119

Belgium

-

10

Nigeria

2

4

Indiana

29

35

Bolivia

2

3

Norway

4

8

Iowa

12

14

Bosnia-Hercegovina

2

-

Brazil

3

58

Pakistan

10

19

Kansas

24

14

Bulgaria

13

10

Panama

-

2

Kentucky

23

8

Burma

1

-

Peru

1

5

Philippines

4

11

Louisiana

19

20

Cameroon

-

2

Poland

3

2

Canada

28

165

Portugal

-

13

Massachusetts

437

551

Chile

1

24

Maryland

122

118

China

3

235

Romania

16

12

Maine

31

11

Colombia

7

13

Russia

2

35

Michigan

94

144

Costa Rica

1

4

Minnesota

64

41

Croatia

2

3

Saint Lucia

1

1

Mississippi

4

8

Cyprus

7

11

St. Vincent & Grenadines

1

-

Missouri

45

42

Czechoslovakia

2

4

Saudi Arabia

3

9

Montana

9

6

Sierra Leone

-

2

Denmark

1

6

Singapore

17

43

Nebraska

11

8

Dominica

1

-

Slovakia

3

2

Nevada

10

5

Dominican Republic

1

3

Slovenia

-

2

New Hampshire

24

19

South Africa

4

5

New Jersey

263

136

Ecuador

1

-

Spain

1

34

New Mexico

13

15

Egypt

1

6

Sri Lanka

6

10

New York

497

376

El Salvador

1

1

Sudan

1

1

North Carolina

36

35

Ethiopa

2

-

Sweden

3

7

North Dakota

3

2

Switzerland

-

17

Finland

-

6

Syria

1

2

Ohio

71

87

France

3

61

Oklahoma

18

8

Taiwan

4

52

Oregon

34

27

Georgia

1

2

Tanzania

1

-

Germany

5

58

Thailand

17

38

Pennsylvania

164

168

Ghana

8

4

Trinidad & Tobago

7

2

Greece

3

48

Tunisia

-

2

Rhode Island

15

21

Guatemala

1

3

Turkey

12

36

Guyana

1

-

South Carolina

18

13

Uganda

1

-

South Dakota

1

2

Hong Kong

11

34

Ukraine

-

4

Hungary

2

11

United Kingdom

8

38

Tennessee

32

25

Uruguay

1

3

Texas

304

127

Iceland

-

6

India

12

123

Venezuela

5

22

Utah

13

25

Indonesia

2

15

Vietnam

1

1

Iran

-

9

Vermont

12

12

Ireland

1

11

Yugoslavia

4

11

Virginia

132

129

Israel

-

21

Italy

3

48

Zimbabwe

1

-

Washington

59

53

Ivory Coast

-

1


West Virginia

4

6

Total Non-U.S.

344

1,911

Wisconsin

41

38

Jamaica

2

2


Wyoming

5

3

Japan

6

115

Grand Total

4,372

5,513


*Country of Citizenship; students with Permanent Residence status are included with U.S. Citizens.