2013: A record-breaking year for graduate admissions at MIT

In 2013, MIT received the largest number of graduate applications in the history of the Institute (24,029), admitted 3,320 students (14% selectivity or admit rate), enrolled 2,163 new graduate students (65% yield), bringing the total number of enrolled graduate students at MIT to 6,609. Of the newly enrolling graduate students, 32% are female, 44% are international (from more than 75 countries worldwide), and 14% of domestic graduate students are under-represented minorities (US citizen or permanent resident).