Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Population

How many students at MIT? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 11,886 students have enrolled in Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 4,535 undergraduate and 7,351 graduate students.

By gender, 6,650 male and 5,236 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,644 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

46 students are enrolled exclusively, and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a total of 11,886 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,535 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,351 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,650 male and 5,236 female students (the male-female ratio is 56:44) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,647 White, 528 Black, and 2,550 Asian students out of a total of 11,886 are attending at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is highly diverse with a diversity index of 88.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, MIT has 95 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 6,924 students under 25 years old, and 4,962 students over 25 years old out of 11,886 total students.

MIT has 4,498 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 37 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at MIT, 1 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. It has 2,426 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,925 students aged 25 and over.

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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 46 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4 students who live in Massachusetts or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 42 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,535 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 28 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.62%.