Enrollment Trends at MIT

The student population at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is 11,858 (4,657 undergraduate and 7,201 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 669 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MIT is 39.27% which is increased by 154 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 515 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.75 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

61 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -100.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 11,466 where 11,858 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

39.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 60.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 154 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 515 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.75 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in MIT than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,189	4,503	2,465	2,038	6,686	4,602	2,084
2013-14	11,301 112	4,528 25	2,487 22	2,041 3	6,773 87	4,652 50	2,121 37
2014-15	11,319 18	4,512 -16	2,457 -30	2,055 14	6,807 34	4,636 -16	2,171 50
2015-16	11,331 12	4,527 15	2,445 -12	2,082 27	6,804 -3	4,539 -97	2,265 94
2016-17	11,376 45	4,524 -3	2,438 -7	2,086 4	6,852 48	4,526 -13	2,326 61
2017-18	11,466 90	4,547 23	2,455 17	2,092 6	6,919 67	4,528 2	2,391 65
2018-19	11,574 108	4,602 55	2,463 8	2,139 47	6,972 53	4,509 -19	2,463 72
2019-20	11,520 -54	4,530 -72	2,407 -56	2,123 -16	6,990 18	4,461 -48	2,529 66
2020-21	11,254 -266	4,361 -169	2,282 -125	2,079 -44	6,893 -97	4,315 -146	2,578 49
2021-22	11,934 680	4,638 277	2,407 125	2,231 152	7,296 403	4,524 209	2,772 194
2022-23	11,858 -76	4,657 19	2,413 6	2,244 13	7,201 -95	4,371 -153	2,830 58
Average	11,466	4,539	2,429	2,110	6,927	4,515	2,412

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,539 where 4,657 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,503	4,480	2,449	2,031	23	16	7
2013-14	4,528	4,499	2,470	2,029	29	17	12
2014-15	4,512	4,476	2,439	2,037	36	18	18
2015-16	4,527	4,492	2,426	2,066	35	19	16
2016-17	4,524	4,476	2,413	2,063	48	25	23
2017-18	4,547	4,510	2,432	2,078	37	23	14
2018-19	4,602	4,557	2,433	2,124	45	30	15
2019-20	4,530	4,501	2,396	2,105	29	11	18
2020-21	4,361	4,234	2,209	2,025	127	73	54
2021-22	4,638	4,588	2,373	2,215	50	34	16
2022-23	4,657	4,601	2,378	2,223	56	35	21
Average	4,539	4,539	2,402	2,091	4,539	27	19

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,927 where 7,201 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,686	6,537	4,488	2,049	149	114	35
2013-14	6,773	6,639	4,555	2,084	134	97	37
2014-15	6,807	6,630	4,508	2,122	177	128	49
2015-16	6,804	6,689	4,463	2,226	115	76	39
2016-17	6,852	6,707	4,423	2,284	145	103	42
2017-18	6,919	6,671	4,371	2,300	248	157	91
2018-19	6,972	6,845	4,422	2,423	127	87	40
2019-20	6,990	6,862	4,360	2,502	128	101	27
2020-21	6,893	6,766	4,224	2,542	127	91	36
2021-22	7,296	7,199	4,451	2,748	97	73	24
2022-23	7,201	7,024	4,244	2,780	177	127	50
Average	6,927	6,927	4,410	2,369	6,927	105	43

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.49% and the percentage of black students is 4.84% at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 20.86% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Massachusetts Institute of Technology over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	28	1,837	397	1,012	0	3,803	315
2013-14	27	1,834	340	1,071	0	3,846	373
2014-15	18	1,832	344	1,087	1	3,748	415
2015-16	12	1,844	341	1,067	2	3,705	443
2016-17	13	1,887	357	1,071	1	3,689	465
2017-18	13	1,972	384	1,023	0	3,662	472
2018-19	14	2,087	410	1,078	2	3,598	491
2019-20	18	2,141	424	1,082	3	3,459	541
2020-21	13	2,218	442	1,100	3	3,230	534
2021-22	10	2,410	528	1,170	5	3,256	605
2022-23	11	2,474	574	1,188	3	3,023	610
Average	16	2,049	413	1,086	2	3,547	479

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

61 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -100.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,319	0	36	11,283
2015-16	11,331	31	24	11,276
2016-17	11,376	49	13	11,314
2017-18	11,466	44	0	11,422
2018-19	11,574	39	1	11,534
2019-20	11,520	46	0	11,474
2020-21	11,254	7,386	3,868	0
2021-22	11,934	57	98	11,779
2022-23	11,858	61	0	11,797
Average	11,515	857	449	10,209

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