Student Population at MIT

Total Enrollment

11,886

Undergraduate

4,535

Graduate

7,351

Online Enrollment

Men Students

6,650

Women Students

5,236

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

By gender, 6,650 male and 5,236 female students are attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By attendance status, there are 11,683 full-time students and 203 part-time students.

The number of students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Harvard University and Stanford University, its population is relatively small (average population is 15,203).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers online degree/certificate programs and 46 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares MIT's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts.

MIT has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 15,203 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (3,644 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	11,886	4,535	7,351
Similarly Ranked Schools	15,203	6,072	9,131
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts	3,644	2,511	1,728

The below chart compares the student population between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 6,650 male and 5,236 female students attending MIT. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.27 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at MIT.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at MIT
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	4,535	4,489	46
Men	2,351	2,320	31
Women	2,184	2,169	15

Population by Gender/Attending Status at MIT
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	7,351	7,194	157
Men	4,299	4,196	103
Women	3,052	2,998	54

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,647 White students (22.27%) and 2,550 Asian students (21.45%) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	9	7	2
Asian	1,595	681	914
Black or African American	349	216	133
Hispanic	639	425	214
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	964	479	485
Two or More Races	310	176	134
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	138	51	87
Total	4,535	2,351	2,184

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	3	2
Asian	955	484	471
Black or African American	179	97	82
Hispanic	402	251	151
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	1,683	970	713
Two or More Races	274	130	144
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	924	536	388
Total	7,351	4,299	3,052

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 6,924 students whose age under twenty five and 1,421 students whose age is over thirty years old at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Especially, 95 students are younger than eighteen and 4 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Population by Student Age at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,535	2,351	2,184
Under 18	94	47	47
18-19	2,077	1,042	1,035
20-21	1,997	1,024	973
22-24	330	206	124
25-29	27	22	5
30-34	9	9	0
35-39	1	1	0
Total	4,535	2,351	2,184

Population by Student Age at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,351	4,299	3,052
Under 18	1	1	0
20-21	193	120	73
22-24	2,232	1,242	990
25-29	3,514	2,018	1,496
30-34	900	568	332
35-39	261	180	81
40-49	211	144	67
50-64	35	23	12
65 and over	4	3	1
Total	7,351	4,299	3,052

Online Student Population

At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 46 students (0.39% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 46 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 4 students live in Massachusetts where Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in and 31 students have enrolled from other states.