MIT by the Numbers
Students
MIT Admissions Student Life 2014–2015
UNDERGRADUATE 2014–2015 ͫͫ 33 varsity sports ͫͫ 18,356 applicants ͫͫ 2,700 students participate in 20 intramural sports ͫͫ 1,447 (7.9%) offered admission ͫͫ 2,282 students enrolled annually in Music and Theater Arts ͫͫ 1,043 enrolled (72% yield) ͫͫ 88% of students participate in UROP ͫͫ 17% are first-generation college students ͫͫ 36 Fraternities (25), Sororities (6), and Independent GRADUATE 2014–2015 Living Groups (5) (FSLIG) ͫͫ 24,468 applicants ͫͫ >500 student organizations ͫͫ 3,718 (15%) offered admission ͫͫ 2,441 enrolled (66% yield)
FINANCIAL AID 2013–2014 (except where noted) Women 2014–2015 ͫͫ $61,030: total estimated undergraduate UNDERGRADUATE student expenses, 2014–2015 46% Female 2,055 ͫͫ $45,016: tuition and fees, 2014–2015 54% Male 2,457
ͫͫ 56% of undergraduates awarded need-based GRADUATE financial aid 32% Female 2,171 ͫͫ $34,551: average scholarship 68% Male 4,636
ͫͫ 68% of undergraduates work during the academic year ͫͫ $3,088: average academic-year earnings ͫͫ $19,064: average student debt, Class of 2014 Student Body Diversity 2014–2015 ͫͫ 32% of undergraduates come from families UNDERGRADUATE earning ≤ $75,000 White 1,648 ͫͫ 100%: tuition covered by scholarships for Asian 1,101 families earning ≤ $75,000 Hispanic or Latino 722 International 466 Black or African American 251 Two or more races 235 Student Body 2014–2015 American Indian/Alaskan Native 8 Race/ethnicity unknown 81
Undergraduates 4,512 Total 4,512 40% Graduate students 6,807 GRADUATE 60% Total 11,319 International 2,836 White 2,100 Asian 731 ͫͫ 50 states plus DC Hispanic or Latino 365 ͫͫ 116 countries of origin Black or African American 93 Two or more races 180 American Indian/Alaskan Native 10 Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 1 Race/ethnicity unknown 491
Total 6,807 Faculty Finance
Nobel Prize Figures in millions 81 present and former members of the MIT community, Operating Expenditures FY2014† including 9 current faculty members: 2007 Susan Solomon P e ace (shared) 44% Sponsored research $1,283.2 2005 Richard R. Schrock Chemistry (shared) 26.6% Instruction/unsponsored research $777.4 2004 Frank Wilczek Physics (shared) 24.4% General and administrative $713.1 2002 Robert H. Horvitz Medicine/Physiology (shared) 4.4% Auxiliary enterprises $129.7 2001 Wolfgang Ketterle Physics (shared) 0.5% Alumni Association $15.2 1997 Robert C. Merton Economic Sciences (shared) 1993 Phillip A. Sharp Medicine/Physiology (shared) Total $2,918.6 1987 Susumu Tonegawa Medicine/Physiology 1976 Samuel C. C. Ting Physics (shared)
Operating Revenues FY2014† National Medal of Science 56 present and former members of the MIT community 26.5% Lincoln Laboratory $828.7 including 11 current faculty members: 21.4% Campus $668.6 20.0% Investment return to operations $625.4 2012 Sallie W. Chisholm 2004 Phillip A. Sharp 11.6% $363.4 2011 Rudolf Jaenisch 2001 Ann M. Graybiel Other operations 2010 Susan Lindquist 1999 Susan Solomon 10.4% Tuition, net of discount $324.5 2008 JoAnne Stubbe 1997 Robert A. Weinberg 5.2% Gifts and bequests for operations $162.1 2006 Robert S. Langer 1995 Alexander Rich 3.8% Auxiliary enterprises $120.1 2004 Stephen J. Lippard 1.0% Singapore-MIT Alliance $31.6
Total $3,124.4 Faculty Count 2014–2015 378 Engineering 274 Science Research Expenditures FY2014† 167 Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
113 Sloan School of Management 78 Architecture & Planning Campus $678.4 45% 11 Other Lincoln Laboratory $811.3
53% Singapore-MIT Alliance 1,021 Total for Research & Technology $31.6 2% 3% US Minority Groups 2014–2015 Total $1,521.3 ͫͫ 20% of faculty are members of a minority group ͫͫ 7% are members of an underrepresented minority* ͫͫ American Indian or Alaskan Native:2 MIT Campus Research Sponsorship FY2014† ͫͫ African American: 33 18% Department of Defense $122.7 ͫͫ Hispanic: 39 17% Health and Human Services $115.0 ͫͫ Asian: 132 17% Industry $112.3 *Some faculty members identify as part of multiple groups. 13% Department of Energy $88.4 12% National Science Foundation $78.9 11% Non-Profits $72.1 For More Information 4% State, Local and Foreign Govts $28.9 David Woodruff 5% NASA $32.0 Associate Vice President and COO Resource Development 3% Other Federal $17.6 [email protected] | 617.253.3990 1% Internal $10.0 web.mit.edu/facts Total $677.9
01477/0315 †Percentages may not total due to rounding.