Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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Tuition & Fees

$65,331

not including housing and food

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undergraduateRatios

48%

male

52%

female

7

students

1

faculty

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Extremely Selective

3%

acceptance rate

Accepted 1,984
Declined 59,237
Total Received 61,221
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Private

9,368

undergraduate students

21,263

graduate students

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School Facts

Founded in 1636, Harvard University is a private, Ivy League research university that is known for its prestigious academic programs and its world-renowned faculty. It is located on a 5,000-acre campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts—across the Charles River from Boston.

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Application link Apply online
Public/private Private
Campus enrollment 30,631
Established in 1636
Coeducational Coeducational
Religious affiliation Other

Social Networks

Urban campus in Cambridge (population: 113,630), three miles from Boston; medical school campus in Boston. Major airport, bus, and train serve Boston. School operates transportation to medical school area, to Boston, and around Cambridge. Public transportation serves campus.

  • Campus Setting: Small-medium city

Harvard University
86 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA
02138

Campus Life

yes
Housing available
98%
of undergraduates that live in campus-owned housing
100%
of freshmen that live in campus-owned housing
yes
Students are required to live in school housing
yes
Students may have cars on campus
yes
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age

Fun Facts

  • The first reinforced concrete structure in the world was Harvard University's stadium.
  • Harvard University is, by many accounts, the oldest college in the United States. It is also the first and oldest corporation in the United States.
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard University.
  • Since 1970, Harvard University has had a policy that doesn't allow commercial filming to take place on campus.
  • Though Harvard University prohibits filming on campus, the same flyover shot of the school appears in the movies Road Trip and Old School.
  • Edward Kennedy, brother of JFK and future US senator, scored the only touchdown for Harvard University when they played Yale in 1955.
  • While at Harvard University as an undergraduate, Conan O'Brien wrote for its comedy publication, The Harvard Lampoon.
  • Depending on what you're counting, at least 27 and up to 134 Nobel Prize Laureates are somehow affiliated with Harvard University (as of February 2017).

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% freshman classHigh School Class Rank

Top 1/10
93%
Top 1/4
98%
Top 1/2
100%

Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
780
25th
730
75th
800
25th
760
75th
36
25th
35
75th
35
25th
32
75th
36
25th
34

Admissions Facts

Application fee $85
Admissions interview (required or recommended) Uknown
Common application accepted Yes
Application deadline (final deadline) January 1
School has early action program Yes
Early action program application deadline November 1
SAT/ACT requirements SAT or ACT Required

Extremely Selective

3%

acceptance rate

Accepted 1,984
Declined 59,237
Total Received 61,221

Admissions Factors

Required

Recommendations
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Counseling services

  • Academic
  • Birth control
  • Career
  • Military
  • Minority student
  • Older student
  • Personal
  • Psychological
  • Religious
  • Veteran student

Remedial services offered

Not reported

Career placement services

  • Alumni network
  • Internships
  • Interview training
  • On-campus job interviews
  • Resume assistance

Percent of the campus accessible to physically disabled students

Not Reported

Additional services

  • Health insurance
  • Health service
  • Nonremedial tutoring
  • Placement service
  • Women's Center

Special programs for physically disabled students

  • Adaptive equipment
  • Braille services
  • Interpreters for hearing-impaired
  • Note-taking services
  • Other
  • Reader services
  • Special transportation
  • Tape recorders
  • Tutors

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Financial Aid

72%

Of undergraduate students
receiving financial aid

$55,433

Average financial aid

Cost

Tuition $59,076
Housing $12,424
Food $7,950
Additional fees $6,255
Books & supplies $1,000
Total $86,705
Average Financial Aid - $55,433
Total with Avg. Aid $31,272

Scholarships & Grants

Need-based

Federal $9,166,673
State $586,678
Institutional $192,291,828
Other external $5,414,301
Total $207,459,480

Non-need-based

Federal $1,644,518
State $2,500
Institutional $327,164
Other external $5,950,350
Total $7,924,532

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Financial Facts

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Financial Aid Office


P: 617 495-1581
F: 617 496-0256

Varsity Sports

M W
All track combined yes yes
Baseball yes
Basketball yes yes
Fencing yes yes
Field hockey yes
Football yes
Golf yes yes
Ice hockey yes yes
Lacrosse yes yes
Other sports yes
Rowing yes yes
Sailing yes yes
Skiing yes yes
Soccer yes yes
Softball yes
Squash yes yes
Swimming and diving yes yes
Tennis yes yes
Volleyball yes yes
Water polo yes yes
Wrestling yes

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Athletic Facts

Athletic conference memberships
ECAC, Ivy Group, Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association, Collegiate Water Polo Association

Majors

Assc. Bach. Mast. Doct.
Accounting yes
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General yes yes
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics yes
American History (United States) yes yes
American Literature (United States) yes
Ancient Studies/Civilization yes yes
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature yes
Anthropology, General yes yes yes
Anthropology, Other yes
Applied Mathematics, General yes yes yes
Applied Mathematics, Other yes
Applied Statistics, General yes
Arabic Language and Literature yes
Archeology yes
Art History, Criticism and Conservation yes yes yes
Asian History yes
Astronomy yes yes
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other yes yes
Astrophysics yes yes yes
Atomic/Molecular Physics yes yes
Behavioral Aspects of Health yes yes
Behavioral Sciences yes yes yes
Biochemistry yes yes yes
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering yes yes
Bioethics/Medical Ethics yes
Bioinformatics yes
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other yes yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General yes yes yes
Biomedical Sciences, General yes yes
Biophysics yes yes
Biostatistics yes yes
Biotechnology yes yes
Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian Languages and Literatures yes
Business Administration and Management, General yes yes
Business/Commerce, General yes
Business/Corporate Communications, General yes yes
Business/Managerial Economics yes yes
Cell Biology and Anatomy yes
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology yes
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology yes yes yes
Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics yes yes yes
Chemical Physics yes yes
Chemistry, General yes yes yes
Chemistry, Other yes
Chinese Language and Literature yes
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology yes yes
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other yes
Clinical Psychology yes
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics yes
Comparative Literature yes yes yes
Computational Biology yes
Computational Mathematics yes
Computer Engineering, General yes
Computer Programming/Programmer, General yes
Computer Science yes yes yes
Computer Software Engineering yes
Computer and Information Sciences, General yes
Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance yes yes
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services yes
Creative Writing yes
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis yes yes
Curriculum and Instruction yes
Demography and Population Studies yes
Dental Clinical Sciences, General yes
Dental Public Health and Education yes
Design and Applied Arts, Other yes
Developmental Biology and Embryology yes yes
Digital Arts yes
Divinity/Ministry yes
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General yes yes
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics yes yes yes
Economics, General yes yes yes
Education Policy Analysis yes
Education, General yes yes yes
Education, Other yes
Educational Evaluation and Research yes
Educational Leadership and Administration, General yes yes
Educational Psychology yes yes
Educational/Instructional Technology yes
Electrical and Electronics Engineering yes
Endodontics/Endodontology yes yes
Engineering Design yes
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics yes yes
Engineering Science yes yes yes
English Language and Literature, General yes yes yes
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies yes
Environmental Health yes yes
Epidemiology yes yes
European History yes
Evolutionary Biology yes yes yes
Experimental Psychology yes yes yes
Film/Cinema/Media Studies yes yes yes
Finance, General yes
Fine/Studio Arts, General yes
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General yes
French Language and Literature yes yes
Genetics, General yes
Genome Sciences/Genomics yes
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other yes
Geology/Earth Science, General yes yes yes
German Language and Literature yes yes yes
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other yes
Health Policy Analysis yes yes
Health Services Administration yes
Health/Health Care Administration/Management yes
Hebrew Language and Literature yes
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration yes
Hindi Language and Literature yes
Historic Preservation and Conservation, Other yes
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology yes yes yes
History, General yes yes yes
History, Other yes
Human Nutrition yes yes
Humanities/Humanistic Studies yes
Immunology yes
Indonesian/Malay Languages and Literatures yes
Information Science/Studies yes
International Relations and Affairs yes
International and Comparative Education yes
Investments and Securities yes
Islamic Studies yes
Italian Language and Literature yes
Japanese Language and Literature yes
Korean Language and Literature yes
Latin Language and Literature yes yes yes
Learning Sciences yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies yes yes yes
Linguistics yes yes yes
Management Science yes
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other yes
Marketing/Marketing Management, General yes yes
Mathematics Teacher Education yes
Mathematics, General yes yes yes
Mechanical Engineering yes
Medical Informatics yes yes
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology yes yes
Medical Science/Scientist yes
Medieval and Renaissance Studies yes yes
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other yes
Microbiology and Immunology yes yes
Modern Greek Language and Literature yes yes
Multicultural Education yes
Museology/Museum Studies yes
Music Performance, General yes
Music, General yes yes yes
National Security Policy Studies yes
Natural Sciences yes
Neurobiology and Anatomy yes yes yes
Neuroscience yes
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management yes yes
Operations Research yes
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology yes
Organizational Behavior Studies yes yes yes
Orthodontics/Orthodontology yes yes
Philosophy yes yes yes
Philosophy and Religious Studies, General yes
Physical and Biological Anthropology yes yes
Physics, General yes yes yes
Planetary Astronomy and Science yes yes yes
Polish Language and Literature yes
Political Science and Government, General yes yes yes
Political Science and Government, Other yes
Portuguese Language and Literature yes
Project Management yes
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology yes
Psychology, General yes yes yes
Public Administration yes
Public Health Education and Promotion yes
Public Health, General yes yes
Public Health, Other yes yes
Public Policy Analysis, General yes yes
Public Policy Analysis, Other yes yes
Reading Teacher Education yes
Real Estate yes
Religion/Religious Studies yes yes yes
Russian Language and Literature yes
Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics yes
Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics yes
Secondary School Administration/Principalship yes
Social Psychology yes
Social Sciences, General yes yes
Sociology, General yes yes yes
Spanish Language and Literature yes
Statistics, General yes yes yes
Strategic Intelligence yes yes
Sustainability Studies yes yes
Swedish Language and Literature yes
Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics yes yes
Systems Science and Theory yes
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other yes yes
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other yes
Thai Language and Literature yes
Theology and Religious Vocations, Other yes
Theology/Theological Studies yes yes
Turkish Language and Literature yes
Virology yes yes
Visual and Performing Arts, General yes yes
Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster yes

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Most Popular Majors

  1. Economics
  2. Computer Science
  3. Political Science/government

Programs Offered

  • Accelerated study
  • Double majors
  • Dual degrees
  • Honors program
  • Independent study
  • Pass/fail grading option
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Self-designed majors

30,631

total students

16%

in-state

84%

out-of-state

Undergraduate

Graduate

31%

9,368
students

Female
52%
4,870

Male
48%
4,498

69%

21,263
students

Female
54%
11,554

Male
46%
9,709

undergraduateFull-time

undergraduatePart-time

80%

7,516
students

Female
52%
3,905

Male
48%
3,611

20%

1,852
students

Female
52%
965

Male
48%
887

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Student Break-down

13%
Nonresident aliens
8%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic/Latino
19%
Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
11%
Hispanic/Latino
33%
White, non-Hispanic/Latino
6%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown
6%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino

Transfer Enrollment

Not Reported

Transfer applicants enrolled

Not Reported

Students are transfer students

Transfer Requirements

Minimum requirements
High school transcript Required of All
College transcript(s) Required of All
Essay or personal statement Required of All
Interview Not Required/Recommended
Standardized test scores Required of All
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s) Required of All

Transfer Application Deadline

Fall: March 1

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International Students

Number of foreign countries represented by degree-seeking undergraduate non-resident aliens 109
Countries most often represented Australia
Canada
China
Germany
South Korea
The United Kingdom
Special services offered for international applicants Host family program
International student center
Special counselors/advisors
Special orientation

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