Demographics — Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 90 Philosophy programs
Range of rankings ?4-11

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 23%
Minority faculty 10%

Student Demographics

(Source: GSS, 2007)

Sex

Men 57%
Women 42%

Citizenship

US citizens or permanent residents 52%
Temporary visa holders 48%

Race / Ethnicity

(for US citizens / permanent residents)
Black / African American 0%
American Indian or Alaska Native 5%
Asian 0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0%
White 81%
Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, not Hispanic / Latino 0%
Unknown / not reported 14%

Enrollment Status

Full time 100%
Part time 0%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 70%
Women 30%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 63%
Temporary visa holders 37%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 2%
Native American 0%
Asian 12%
White 36%
Hispanic 3%
Unknown 11%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 97%
Part-time 3%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Philosophy degree recipients from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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