The data displays the number of startups founded by undergraduate degree holders worldwide in 2017, by sector and university. As of August 2017, 28 undergraduate degree holders from MIT had founded energy startups, whereas 330 of them had founded software startups.
Commercial services | 98 | 89 | 72 | 55 | 84 | 71 | 69 | 50 | 46 | 41 |
Consumer goods & recreation | 49 | 40 | 14 | 42 | 43 | 29 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 13 |
Energy | 17 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Healthcare services/supplies systems | 72 | 70 | 65 | 67 | 63 | 70 | 60 | 40 | 39 | 45 |
IT hardware | 34 | 15 | 43 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 17 |
Media | 49 | 56 | 26 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 17 |
Pharma & biotech | 36 | 57 | 55 | 69 | 31 | 50 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 24 |
Software | 452 | 459 | 330 | 327 | 298 | 269 | 268 | 258 | 283 | 199 |
Other | 153 | 147 | 147 | 119 | 124 | 102 | 89 | 117 | 49 | 96 |