Harvard University

Cambridge, MAMain CampusMidsize city (population 100,000–250,000)Visit WebsiteWikipedia

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Class Rank

Top tenth (94%)
Top 11%–25% (5%)
Top 26%–50% (1%)

High School GPA

4.0 (72.4%)
3.75–3.99 (22.2%)
3.50–3.74 (4.1%)
3.25–3.49 (0.6%)
3.00–3.24 (0.2%)
2.50–2.99 (0.3%)
2.00–2.49 (0.2%)

Admission Factor Importance

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Non-academic

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Cost & Tuition

Tuition: $59,076

Total Cost of Attendance: $82,842

Scholarships & Grants

Students with need-based aid: 920

Average need-based scholarship/grant: $73,497

Students with non-need merit aid: 3

Average non-need merit scholarship/grant: $6,000

Student Debt

Median total debt: $12,500

Students with federal loans: 4.9%

Students with Pell grants: 15.8%

Career Outcomes

All graduates median earnings:

After 1 year: $92,518

After 5 years: $124,581

Majors(66 programs)

  1. Economics.(215 graduates)
  2. Computer Science.(190 graduates)
  3. Social Sciences, General.(157 graduates)
  4. History.(145 graduates)
  5. Political Science and Government.(102 graduates)
  6. Applied Mathematics.(98 graduates)
  7. Research and Experimental Psychology.(77 graduates)
  8. Neurobiology and Neurosciences.(76 graduates)
  9. Statistics.(75 graduates)
  10. Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.(68 graduates)
  11. Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences.(67 graduates)
  12. Mathematics.(65 graduates)
  13. Sociology.(56 graduates)
  14. English Language and Literature, General.(55 graduates)
  15. Chemistry.(49 graduates)
  16. Engineering Science.(46 graduates)
  17. Physics.(45 graduates)
  18. Philosophy.(36 graduates)
  19. Visual and Performing Arts, General.(36 graduates)
  20. Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(34 graduates)
  21. Natural Sciences.(29 graduates)
  22. Anthropology.(28 graduates)
  23. Area Studies.(26 graduates)
  24. Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.(25 graduates)
  25. Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.(21 graduates)
  26. Biomedical/Medical Engineering.(19 graduates)
  27. Mechanical Engineering.(19 graduates)
  28. Astronomy and Astrophysics.(18 graduates)
  29. Natural Resources Conservation and Research.(14 graduates)
  30. Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(14 graduates)
  31. Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.(9 graduates)
  32. Religion/Religious Studies.(7 graduates)
  33. Music.(6 graduates)
  34. Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(5 graduates)
  35. Fine and Studio Arts.(5 graduates)
  36. Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(4 graduates)
  37. Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(2 graduates)
  38. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
  39. Education, General.
  40. African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  41. East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  42. South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  43. Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  44. Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  45. Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  46. Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  47. Biology, General.
  48. Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
  49. Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.
  50. Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations.
  51. Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
  52. Behavioral Sciences.
  53. Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis.
  54. Sustainability Studies.
  55. Leisure and Recreational Activities.
  56. Theological and Ministerial Studies.
  57. Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
  58. Psychology, General.
  59. Archeology.
  60. Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
  61. Film/Video and Photographic Arts.
  62. Public Health.
  63. Business Administration, Management and Operations.
  64. Business/Corporate Communications.
  65. Human Resources Management and Services.
  66. Marketing.

Institution Details

Undergraduate Enrollment: 7,755 students

Admission Rate: 3.5%

Retention Rate: 98.6%

Graduation Rate: 97.3%

Student Demographics

White (32.8%)
Hispanic (11.8%)
Black (9.3%)
Asian (22.4%)
Two or More (7.4%)
International (13.5%)

Gender Distribution

Men (46.9%)
Women (53.1%)

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