 The four @-@ year , full @-@ time undergraduate program maintains a balance between professional majors and those in the arts and sciences , and has been dubbed " most selective " by U.S. News , admitting few transfer students and 8 @.@ 0 % of its applicants in the 2015 admissions cycle . MIT offers 44 undergraduate degrees across its five schools . In the 2010 – 2011 academic year , 1 @,@ 161 bachelor of science degrees ( abbreviated " SB " ) were granted , the only type of undergraduate degree MIT now awards . In the 2011 fall term , among students who had designated a major , the School of Engineering was the most popular division , enrolling 63 % of students in its 19 degree programs , followed by the School of Science ( 29 % ) , School of Humanities , Arts , & Social Sciences ( 3 @.@ 7 % ) , Sloan School of Management ( 3 @.@ 3 % ) , and School of Architecture and Planning ( 2 % ) . The largest undergraduate degree programs were in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ( Course 6 – 2 ) , Computer Science and Engineering ( Course 6 – 3 ) , Mechanical Engineering ( Course 2 ) , Physics ( Course 8 ) , and Mathematics ( Course 18 ) . 
