Harvard University Overview

Harvard University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Harvard University Known For?

• Harvard has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 7 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at Harvard is 0%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at Harvard is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 87% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Harvard makes roughly $95,114 a year. This is 133% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Harvard student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Harvard University?

Contact details for Harvard are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone:	617-495-1000
Website:	www.harvard.edu

How Do I Get Into Harvard?

You can apply to Harvard online at: college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/application-requirements

Admission Requirements for Harvard

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Harvard?

The acceptance rate at Harvard is 4%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 4%, and the acceptance rate for women is 4%.

Average Test Scores

About 54% of students accepted to Harvard submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 780. Math scores were between 750 and 800.

Harvard received ACT scores from 31% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 32 and 35. Composite scores were between 33 and 36.

Can I Afford Harvard University?

The overall average net price of Harvard is $54,133. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Harvard, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $8,799 a year. That adds up to $35,196 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Harvard is 0.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Harvard University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,579 undergraduate students at Harvard, with 7,483 being full-time and 2,096 being part-time.

There are also 21,766 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,483 full-time undergraduates at Harvard, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Harvard University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,583
Black or African American	691
Hispanic or Latino	868
White	2,652
International Students	960
Other Races/Ethnicities	729

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Harvard University. At this time, all 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 151 countries are represented at Harvard. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and India.

Online Learning at Harvard University

In 2020-2021, 11,929 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Harvard has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Harvard

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Harvard University was 154.0%. This is the #332 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Harvard regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Elisa.rolle under License

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