<p>MIT economics department says there are 1844 undergrads enrooled in it. How about EECS department?</p>
<p>What is EECS?</p>
<p>EECS = Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</p>
<p>EECS = Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (also known as Course 6 or Course VI). Department website [url=<a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/]here[/url”>www.eecs.mit.edu/]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Last year the EECS department awarded 298 bachelors degrees, and the economics department awarded 33. (Data [here](<a href=“Statistics & Reports | MIT Registrar”>Statistics & Reports | MIT Registrar)</a>.)</p>
<p>I’m not sure what the source is on the economics statistic, but I don’t think it’s possible for even 1844 current students to have taken economics courses – there are only 4000 undergrads here, and I don’t think half of us have taken an econ course. Perhaps they mean they have awarded 1844 degrees, ever?</p>
<p>molliebatmit-- Here is the statistics for Economics section.</p>
<p><a href=“http://econ-www.mit.edu/about/index.htm[/url]”>http://econ-www.mit.edu/about/index.htm</a></p>
<p>A large percentage of people who go through MIT take 14.01 and/or 14.02… 1844 (half the student body) in a single year does seem like the econ department is exaggerating a little (maybe they mean 1844 out of the 4000 students enrolled in this year have EVER taken a course 14 class).</p>
<p>Taking a quick look at the enrollment numbers from the course evaluations, it looks like maybe they’re adding the enrollment for every econ class that year. I think it’s pretty obvious that the 1844 number involves quite a bit of double-counting, since the same person might have taken 14.01 in the fall and 14.02 in the spring.</p>