Headcounts and Directory Information
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private (not-for-profit), four-years institute located in Cambridge, MA. It has a total enrollment of 11,886 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.
A total of 1,716 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at MIT. The average faculty salary is $221,399 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 14,957 employees work at MIT. The average non-instructional staff salary is $119,024. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA |
| Phone Number | 617-253-1000 |
| Web | web.mit.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 3 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 1,391 Full-time / 325 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 13,794 Full-time / 1,163 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $221,399 |
| Staff Average Salary | $119,024 |
| Student Population | 11,886 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, there are 14,957 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 13,794 full-time and 1,163 part-time staffs work at MIT. By gender there are 8,618 male and 6,339 female employees.
Among them, 1,716 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 6,216 full-time and 640 part-time faculty. By gender there are 4,854 male and 2,002 female faculty teaching at MIT.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 14,957 | 8,618 | 6,339 | 13,794 | 7,964 | 5,830 | 1,163 | 654 | 509 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 6,856 | 4,854 | 2,002 | 6,216 | 4,413 | 1,803 | 640 | 441 | 199 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 476 | 128 | 348 | 448 | 120 | 328 | 28 | 8 | 20 |
| Management | 724 | 358 | 366 | 692 | 342 | 350 | 32 | 16 | 16 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 1,739 | 510 | 1,229 | 1,665 | 498 | 1,167 | 74 | 12 | 62 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 1,445 | 1,015 | 430 | 1,403 | 992 | 411 | 42 | 23 | 19 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 641 | 244 | 397 | 586 | 227 | 359 | 55 | 17 | 38 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 193 | 46 | 147 | 172 | 40 | 132 | 21 | 6 | 15 |
| Service | 658 | 411 | 247 | 629 | 398 | 231 | 29 | 13 | 16 |
| Sales and related | 30 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 1,474 | 428 | 1,046 | 1,243 | 316 | 927 | 231 | 112 | 119 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 624 | 524 | 100 | 615 | 519 | 96 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 97 | 86 | 11 | 96 | 85 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |