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Regional Diversity:
  • 92% of student body from outside the state of Massachusetts
  • 11% of student body from outside the US.


Gender Ratio:
  • 45% Female / 55% Male


Racial Diversity:
African American:7%
Asian American:26%
Caucasian:37%
Hispanic/Latino:13%
International:8%
Native American:1%
Race Unknown:8%
Socio-economic Make-up of Students
  • 17% of students at MIT have family incomes below $45,000; 22% have family incomes below $60,000.
  • 15% of students at MIT receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000.
  • See MIT's profile on EconomicDiversity.org


Articles and Interesting Tidbits
  • MIT's community is incredibly diverse; in fact, there is no majority ethnicity at MIT.
  • 16% of students at MIT are the first generation in their family to attend college.
  • Read about MIT's Committee on Campus Race Relations which ensures that in addition to numerical diversity, there is communication about multiculturalism at MIT.
  • Faculty Diversity is a special initiative of the Dean of Engineering to recruit and retain a talented and diverse engineering faculty.
  • Learn more about the MIT minority community.


Other information:

Black Alumni/ae of MIT

Latino Alumni/ae of MIT