Enrollment Trends at MIT

The student population at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is 11,886 (4,535 undergraduate and 7,351 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 555 (4.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MIT is 38.15% which is increased by 8 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 547 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 127 male students for every 100 female students, down from 161 in 2015.
46 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 48.39% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,612 where 11,886 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 11,934 students in 2022 and was lowest at 11,254 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 11,331 to 11,886 students, a net gain of 555 (4.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,331	4,527	2,445	2,082	6,804	4,539	2,265
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
2023-24	11,920 62	4,576 -81	2,345 -68	2,231 -13	7,344 143	4,375 4	2,969 139
2024-25	11,886 -34	4,535 -41	2,351 6	2,184 -47	7,351 7	4,299 -76	3,052 83
Average	11,612	4,550	2,401	2,149	7,062	4,445	2,618

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,550 where 4,535 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	4,576	4,543	2,323	2,220	33	22	11
2024-25	4,535	4,489	2,320	2,169	46	31	15
Average	4,550	4,550	2,370	2,129	4,550	30	20

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,062 where 7,351 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	7,344	7,163	4,247	2,916	181	128	53
2024-25	7,351	7,194	4,196	2,998	157	103	54
Average	7,062	7,062	4,340	2,572	7,062	105	46

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.27% and the percentage of black students is 4.44% at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 21.45% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.70% to 22.27%. Asian enrollment grew from 16.27% to 21.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.01% to 4.44%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 9.42% to 8.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8923 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8553 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Massachusetts Institute of Technology over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	9	2,501	606	1,148	3	2,794	839
2024-25	14	2,550	528	1,041	5	2,647	584
Average	13	2,208	459	1,097	3	3,306	558

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

46 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.39% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	11,920	65	0	11,855
2024-25	11,886	46	0	11,840
Average	11,612	782	400	10,429

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Enrollment Trends at MIT

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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