Econometrics & Quantitative Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Every econometrics & quantitative economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the econometrics and quantitative economics program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Econometrics & Quantitative Economics section at the bottom of this page.

MIT Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
• Master’s Degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

MIT Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Rankings

The econometrics and quantitative economics major at MIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Econometrics & Quantitative Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in econometrics and quantitative economics, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the econometrics and quantitative economics majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of econometrics and quantitative economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical econometrics and quantitative economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its econometrics and quantitative economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in econometrics and quantitative economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MIT Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of econometrics and quantitative economics master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in econometrics and quantitative economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in econometrics and quantitative economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Economists	1,150	$117,680
Economics Professors	870	$125,120

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.