MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  
NUMBER OF STUDENTS BY COURSE AND YEAR  
October 5, 2007
Prior Years: 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
2006-07
Y Y
FALL TERM 2007-2008 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 14 14 21 1 50 171 39 13 1 224 274 IV  
Urban Studies and Planning,  XI 12 6 4 - 22 160 41 19 3 223 245 XI  
Program in Media Arts and Sciences,  MAS   - - - - -   57 58 1 - 116   116   MAS  
Total   26 20 25 1 72   388 138 33 4 563   635   Total  
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING                            
Aeronautics and Astronautics,  XVI - - - - - 146 78 2 5 231 231 XVI  
  Program 1 - Aerospace Engineering,  XVI-1 57 53 57 4 171 - - - - - 171 XVI-1  
  Program 2 - Aerospace Eng. with Information Technology,  XVI-2 8 3 7 - 18 - - - - - 18 XVI-2  
Biological Engineering,  XX - 51 23 - 74 7 112 - 1 120 194 XX  
Chemical Engineering,  X 37 30 27 - 94 42 193 - - 235 329 X  
Chemical Biological Engineering,  X-B 59 37 47 3 146 - - - - - 146 X-B  
Chemical Engineering,  X-C - - 3 - 3 - - - - - 3 X-C  
Civil and Environmental Engineering,  I - - - - - 88 72 2 1 163 163 I  
Civil and Environmental Engineering,  I-A 4 3 1 1 9 - - - - - 9 I-A  
Civil and Environmental Engineering,  I-C 9 21 12 - 42 - - - - - 42 I-C  
Civil and Environmental Engineering,  I-E 11 17 9 - 37 - - - - - 37 I-E  
Civil and Environmental Engineering,  I-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 3 - - 4 4 I-W  
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  VI - - - - - 88 563 6 28 685 685 VI  
  Program 1 - Electrical Science and Engineering 34 22 31 7 94 - - - - - 94 VI-1  
  Program 2 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 118 95 82 9 304 - - - - - 304 VI-2  
  Program 3 - Computer Science and Engineering 72 75 92 12 251 - - - - - 251 VI-3  
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  VI-P (M.Eng.) - - - - - 123 - - - 123 123 VI-P  
Electrical Eng and Computer Science,  VI-PA (M.Eng.,  Internship) - - - - - 24 - - - 24 24 VI-PA  
  Program 1 - Electrical Science and Engineering - - 10 - 10 - - - - - 10 VI-1A  
  Program 2 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - - 12 - 12 - - - - - 12 VI-2A  
  Program 3 - Computer Science and Engineering - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 VI-3A  
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  VI-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 2 3 - - 5 5 VI-W  
Materials Science and Engineering,  III 16 30 32 1 79 106 112 1 2 221 300 III  
Materials Science and Engineering,  III-A - 3 2 - 5 - - - - - 5 III-A  
Materials Science and Engineering,  III-C - - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 III-C  
Mechanical Engineering,  II 93 99 99 12 303 160 223 3 1 387 690 II  
Mechanical Engineering,  II-A 41 20 27 2 90 - - - - - 90 II-A  
Mechanical Engineering,  II-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 4 17 - - 21 21 II-W  
Mechanical and Ocean Eng,  II-OE 5 3 5 - 13 - - - - - 13 II-OE  
Ocean Systems Management,  II-MB - - - - - 1 - - - 1 1 II-MB  
Naval Construction and Engineering,  II-MN - - - - - 29 - - - 29 29 II-MN  
Ocean Engineering,  II-MO - - - - - 3 - - - 3 3 II-MO  
Nuclear Science and Engineering,  XXII 15 8 21 1 45 16 79 1 - 96 141 XXII  
Program in Computation for Design and Optimization,  CDO - - - - - 28 - - - 28 28 CDO  
Program in Computational and Systems Biology,  CSB - - - - - - 23 1 - 24 24 CSB  
Engineering Systems Division,  ESD - - - - - 117 56 1 3 177 177 ESD
Professional Education Program,  PEP - - - - - - - - 38 38 38 PEP  
System Design and Management,  SDM   - - - - -   100 - - 25 125   125   SDM  
Total   579 570 602 52 1,803   1,085 1,534 17 104 2,740   4,543   Total  
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES                          
Economics,  XIV 25 22 17 4 68 - 100 16 7 123 191 XIV  
Anthropology,  XXI-A - - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 XXI-A  
Foreign Languages and Literatures,  XXI-F 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 1 XXI-F  
History,  XXI-H 2 1 - - 3 - - - - - 3 XXI-H  
Literature,  XXI-L - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-L  
Music and Theater Arts,  XXI-M 2 1 - - 3 - - - - - 3 XXI-M  
Writing and Humanistic Studies,  XXI-W 2 1 - - 3 7 - - 1 8 11 XXI-W  
Humanities,  XXI - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 XXI  
Humanities and Engineering,  XXI-E 1 - 4 - 5 - - - - - 5 XXI-E  
Humanities and Science,  XXI-S - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 2 XXI-S  
Linguistics and Philosophy,  XXIV 1 2 4 1 8 2 63 8 1 74 82 XXIV  
Political Science,  XVII 7 7 5 1 20 2 49 11 - 62 82 XVII  
Program in Comparative Media Studies,  XXI-CMS - 6 5 - 11 21 - - 1 22 33 XXI-CMS  
Program in Science, Technology, and Society,  STS   - - - - -   - 23 5 - 28   28   STS  
Total   41 40 40 7 128   32 235 40 10 317   445   Total  
SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT                            
Management,  XV 58 59 77 6 200 743 70 2 4 819 1,019 XV  
Management Fellows,  XV-A - - - - - 96 - - - 96 96 XV-A  
Operations Research,  OR   - - - - -   12 39 3 - 54   54   OR  
Total   58 59 77 6 200   851 109 5 4 969   1,169   Total  
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE                            
Biology,  VII 75 54 61 8 198 - 199 - 6 205 403 VII  
Biology,  VII-A 2 - 4 - 6 - - - - - 6 VII-A  
Biology,  VII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 1 30 - - 31 31 VII-W  
Brain and Cognitive Sciences,  IX 47 53 42 4 146 - 90 - - 90 236 IX  
Chemistry,  V 34 30 24 4 92 1 232 2 3 238 330 V  
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,  XII 8 11 12 2 33 8 83 - - 91 124 XII  
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,  XII-W (Woods Hole) - - - - - 2 73 - - 75 75 XII-W  
Mathematics,  XVIII 65 57 56 7 185 1 112 2 3 118 303 XVIII  
Mathematics with Computer Science,  XVIII-C 9 7 7 1 24 - - - - - 24 XVIII-C  
Physics,  VIII 56 62 54 7 179 4 242 1 2 249 428 VIII  
Physics,  VIII-A   - - 5 - 5   - - - - -   5   VIII-A  
Total   296 274 265 33 868   17 1,061 5 14 1,097   1,965   Total  
WHITAKER COLLEGE of Health Sciences and Technology                              
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology,  HST - - - - -   15 341 3 3 362   362*   HST  
Undesignated Sophomores   19 - - - 19   - - - - -   19   UND  
First Year 1,073 - - - - 1,073   - - - - -   1,073   First Year  
Special Undergraduate -- No Course                    9    - - - - 9   - - - - -   9   Special-NC  
Grand Total                                                      9   1,073 1,019 963 1,009 99 4,172   2,388 3,418 103 139 6,048   10,220   Grand Total  
Not included in above totals:
Foreign Study: 37 students in the third year, 4 students in the fourth year. 
Non-Institute Brandeis,  NIR - - - - - 4 4 NIR  
Non-Institute Harvard,  NIH 2 7 41 78 128 285 413 NIH  
Non-Institute MFA/MCA,  NIA - - 1 4 5 3 8 NIA  
Non-Institute Salem State,  NIS - 1 1 - 2 - 2 NIS
Non-Institute Tufts,  NIT 2 1 1 1 5 - 5 NIT  
Non-Institute Wellesley,  NIW - 22 31 50 103 - 103 NIW  
Non-Institute Research Visitor,  NIV - - - 4 4 212 216 NIV  
Non-Institute Exchange,  NIE - - 26 3   29           21   50   NIE  
Total 4 31 101 140   276           525   801   Total
*Number includes 201 students working on Harvard degrees only.