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Commencement 2002 by the numbers

Statistical profile of the MIT Class of 2002:

DEGREES AWARDED:

2,427 June

432 February

358 September

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE:

1,085 June

80 February

21 September

MASTER OF SCIENCE:

1,093 June

219 February

178 September

PH.D:

242 June

131 February

128 September

ENGINEER:

7 June

1 September

2 February

DEGREES BY SCHOOL:

Architecture and Planning: 132

Engineering: 1,238

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: 102

Management: 568

Science: 375

Health, Science and Technology: 12

DEMOGRAPHICS (June graduates):

Women: 709

Men: 1478

Underrepresented minorities: 177

Source: Office of the Registrar

FUTURE PLANS:

Graduate School: 296* (32 %)

Employed: 570 (60 %)

*including 123 in Ph.D programs, 26 in medical school, 7 in law school

(Source: Office of Career Services and Preprofessional Advising Graduating Student Survey - 932 respondents)

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