International Student Statistics 2020-2021

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By Citizenship and Degree Level

Citizenship   UG   G  Special
– UG
  Special
– G
  Exchange/
  Visiting
 Total
Albania617
Algeria134
Argentina220224
Armenia1416
Australia5391247
Austria15219
Azerbaijan112
Bahrain44
Bangladesh68216
Barbados11
Belgium88
Bermuda11
Bosnia-Hercegovina224
Botswana11
Brazil11591273
Bulgaria549
Burkina Faso112
Burma (Myanmar)213
Canada12210112235
Chile128332
China (People’s Republic Of)597838122972
Colombia325129
Costa Rica27110
Croatia11
Cyprus246
Czech Republic314
Denmark19111
Dominica11
Dominican Republic22
Ecuador1214
Egypt216119
El Salvador44
Estonia224
Ethiopia527
Finland123
France1984103
Gabon11
Gambia11
Gaza Strip11
Georgia44
Germany45941279
Ghana516
Greece337141
Guatemala112
Guyana11
Honduras112
Hong Kong521329
Hungary415
India21265619311
Indonesia418527
Iran133135
Iraq11
Ireland819
Israel1039251
Italy146855
Jamaica415
Japan2551260
Jordan314
Kazakhstan21012
Kenya8311
Korea, South18177117213
Kosovo112
Kuwait55
Lebanon11415
Libya11
Lithuania112
Macedonia, North224
Malaysia418123
Mauritius22
Mexico16451264
Moldova4116
Mongolia729
Montenegro11
Morocco55
Mozambique22
Nepal8311
Netherlands19212
New Zealand112417
Nigeria59115
Norway516
Pakistan518124
Panama33
Paraguay134
Peru416121
Philippines459
Poland38213
Portugal18110
Romania510318
Russia331236
Rwanda628
Saudi Arabia1423239
Senegal11
Serbia415
Sierra Leone11
Singapore6701582
Slovakia415
Slovenia1113
South Africa51511
South Sudan11
Spain273378
Sri Lanka3317
St. Lucia11
St. Vincent & The Grenadines22
Stateless1528
Sudan213
Swaziland11
Sweden2518
Switzerland15318
Syria5319
Taiwan760774
Tajikistan112
Tanzania437
Thailand2333258
Trinidad & Tobago213
Tunisia22
Turkey6261336
Ukraine7512
United Arab Emirates44
United Kingdom1054771
Uruguay11
Uzbekistan11
Venezuela4711
Vietnam1113226
Zambia22
Zimbabwe415

Total Countries Represented at MIT (Fall 2020): 124 plus the United States

Note: These statistics were compiled on  November 10, 2020 for the academic year 2019-2020. The Registrar Office’s “Y Report” and international enrollment statistics include all special students, but no early thesis, exchange/visiting or study abroad students unless otherwise noted. 3 early thesis students are included in the “graduate” category above, but not in the Registrar Office’s Y Report.

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