Student Population at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
11,858	4,657	7,201

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 11,858 students have enrolled in Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 4,657 undergraduate and 7,201 graduate students.

By gender, 6,784 male and 5,074 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

61 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.

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Student Population by Gender

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a total of 11,858 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,657 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,201 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,784 male and 5,074 female students (the male-female ratio is 57:43) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,858	4,657	7,201
Men	6,784	2,413	4,371
Women	5,074	2,244	2,830

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,023 White, 574 Black, and 2,474 Asian students out of a total of 11,858 are attending at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	11	8	3
Asian	2,474	1,116	1,358
Black	574	347	227
Hispanic	1,188	771	417
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	2	1
White	3,023	1,713	1,310
Two or more races	610	321	289
Race Unknown	462	235	227

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	5	3
Asian	1,581	640	941
Black	362	236	126
Hispanic	687	448	239
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	1,024	523	501
Two or more races	345	195	150
Race Unknown	118	40	78

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	3	0
Asian	893	476	417
Black	212	111	101
Hispanic	501	323	178
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	1,999	1,190	809
Two or more races	265	126	139
Race Unknown	344	195	149

Student Age Distribution

By age, MIT has 133 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 6,860 students under 25 years old, and 4,998 students over 25 years old out of 11,858 total students.

MIT has 4,610 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 47 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,250 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,951 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	133	80	53
18-19	2,116	1,058	1,058
20-21	2,156	1,019	1,137
22-24	2,455	1,023	1,432
25-29	3,519	1,418	2,101
30-34	948	312	636
35-39	274	94	180
40-49	216	60	156
50-64	39	10	29
Over 65	2	0	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	133	80	53
18-19	2,115	1,058	1,057
20-21	2,007	948	1,059
22-24	355	141	214
25-29	40	16	24
30-34	6	0	6

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

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

4 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 57 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses
All Students	11,858	61
Undergraduate	4,657	0
Graduate	7,201	61

Online Student Population by Locality
	Massachusetts Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	4	46	11
Undergraduate	0	-	0
Graduate	4	46	11

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,657 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 21 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.45%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	4,580
Transfer-in Full-time	21
Regular Part-time	56
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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