Graduate Programs | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Graduate Program Overview at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees. For academic year 2018-2019 the graduate school tuition & fees are $52,892 in average for all students.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers 77 graduate programs: 40 Master's, 37 Doctorate programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 1,754 students have been confered Master's degree and 646 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School Name	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type	Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years
Address	77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Graduate School Students	6,804
Tuition & Fees (2018-2019)	$52,892
Student to Faculty	3:1 (33.33%)

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2019 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

Next table and chart describe 2018-2019 graduate tuition & fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and costs trends last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $54,976 for all students.

Graduate School 2019 Tuition & Costs - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Amounts
Tuition	$51,520
Fees	$3,456
Books & Supplies	$800
Room & Board	$15,510 (On-Campus) / -$1 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,098 (On-Campus) / -$1 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$73,384
Off-Campus Total	$55,774

Graduate Tuition Changes (2015-2019) - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019
	$47,284	$49,272	$51,248	$52,892	$54,976

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 77 major areas - 120 Master's , 108 Doctorate . Next table summarises total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	1,754	646	-	-
Men	1,151	458	-	-
Women	603	188	-	-

Next tables list each graduate program with offered degrees. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of program.

Architecture

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Architecture	37	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	62	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	21	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Real Estate Development	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Journalism (other)	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	39	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	162	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	58	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	4	39	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	46	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	23	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Transportation and Highway Engineering	25	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	69	55	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	8	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	5	39	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	133	65	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nuclear Engineering	15	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Systems Engineering	192	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Operations Research	5	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Linguistics		5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	2	57	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Biology	5	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	2	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics		26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Financial Mathematics	89	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Science, Technology and Society	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cognitive Science	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy And Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	1	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Planetary Astronomy and Science	1	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology		1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Meteorology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	4	49	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	1	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geophysics and Seismology	3	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	2	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	1	41	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Economics	4	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	3	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Commerce	679	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11,331 students enrolled into graduate programs including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, total 6,804 students are enrolled into graduate programs. By gender, graduate schools have 4,539 male and 2,265 female students.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Total	6,804
Men Students	4,539
Women Students	2,265

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Total	6,804
Full-time Students	6,689
Part-time Students	115

By race/ethnicity 2,069 White, 87 Black, and 724 Asian students are attending at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Total	6,804
American Indian / Native American	8
Asian	724
Black	87
Hispanic	385
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islnader	1
White	2,069
Two or more races	177
Un-Known	427

128 students are younger than 22 and 260 students are older than 65. The school has 5,246 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,170 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Total	6,804
21 & Under	128
22-24	1,813
25-29	3,433
30-34	892
35-39	278
40 & Over	260

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 students are enrolled exclusively in online cources and 24 students are enrolled in some online course.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Total Enrollment	6,804
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	31
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	24
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	6,749

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	31
Massachusetts Resident	1
Other State In U.S.	18
Outside of U.S.	2

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