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Harvard University

Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location Cambridge, MA

Population 4,000,000

Website http://www.harvard.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,755

Men / Women 46% / 54%

White 38%

Asian 19%

International 15%

Hispanic 11%

Black 8%

Mixed 5%

Native American 0%

From State 15%

From Region 13%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 38%

Physical Sciences & Math 17%

Life & Natural Sciences 16%

Business & Economics 13%

Computer Science 10%

Engineering 5%

Arts 2%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $64,310

Est. Cost of Attendance $85,540

10-Year ROI $392,000

ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%

4-Year Graduation Rate 56%

6-Year Graduation Rate 98%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)

Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)

Days Without Precipitation 239 (33%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 3%

Yield (Unbound) 84%

Restricted Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Humanities & Social Sciences	$190M	#2
Life & Natural Sciences	$984M	#24
Engineering, Computing & Math	$156M	#38

Graduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences	908	#2
Life & Natural Sciences	515	#36
Engineering, Computing & Math	113	#48

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 73%

SAT Range 1520 – 1560

SAT Math Range 770 – 800

SAT RW Range 740 – 780

ACT Range 34 – 36

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Harvard College	1,504	46% / 54%	10%	$105,500		91%
Astrophysics	8 +6	38% / 62%	12%	$99,904	93	—
Chemistry	28 +4	50% / 50%	11%	$81,497	80	—
Chemistry and Physics	9 —	78% / 22%	11%	$100,454	94	—
Earth and Planetary Sciences	6 —	33% / 67%	0%	$64,127	45	—
Mathematics	48 +47	65% / 35%	19%	$160,353	100	—
Physics	49 +11	63% / 37%	29%	$102,274	95	—
Statistics	46 +19	65% / 35%	15%	$229,811	100	94%
Chemical and Physical Biology	11 +2	73% / 27%	9%	$82,903	81	—
Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology	32 +3	34% / 66%	3%	$87,380	85	75%
Integrative Biology	46 —	65% / 35%	11%	$93,597	90	95%
Molecular and Cellular Biology	50 +4	42% / 58%	8%	$87,380	85	75%
Neurobiology	1 +3	0% / 100%	0%	$75,342	71	90%
Neuroscience	88 +2	31% / 69%	3%	$75,342	71	90%
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology	73 +3	38% / 62%	8%	$77,952	75	96%
Economics	242 +18	64% / 36%	16%	$161,251	100	97%
African and African American Studies	2 +10	100% / 0%	0%	$67,039	53	—
Anthropology	15 +3	53% / 47%	7%	$80,472	78	—
Classics	10 +5	70% / 30%	0%	$79,215	77	—
Comparative Literature	8 +1	50% / 50%	0%	$63,780	44	—
East Asian Studies	5 +14	80% / 20%	0%	$70,861	62	—
English	40 +4	22% / 78%	5%	$64,155	45	92%
Environmental Science and Public Policy	19 +1	53% / 47%	16%	$73,382	67	—
Folklore and Mythology	1 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$75,936	72	—
Government	139 +18	40% / 60%	10%	$117,484	98	94%
History	58 +6	60% / 40%	5%	$94,015	90	94%
History and Literature	30 +1	20% / 80%	7%	$94,015	90	94%
History of Science	53 +4	25% / 75%	2%	$94,015	90	94%
Humanities	20 —	40% / 60%	0%	$88,617	86	91%
Linguistics	12 +3	33% / 67%	8%	$66,299	51	—
Near Eastern Languages	4 +4	50% / 50%	25%	$68,895	58	—
Philosophy	20 +11	75% / 25%	15%	$83,579	82	—
Psychology	69 +8	28% / 72%	10%	$102,305	95	89%
Religion	2 +2	50% / 50%	0%	$65,766	50	—
Romance Languages	5 +2	40% / 60%	0%	$65,860	50	—
Social Studies	163 —	43% / 57%	8%	$76,293	72	80%
Sociology	39 +3	26% / 74%	13%	$89,947	87	94%
South Asian Studies	1 +1	0% / 100%	100%	$69,424	59	—
Special Concentration	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$88,617	86	91%
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality	8 +8	0% / 100%	0%	$61,149	36	—
History of Art and Architecture	18 —	39% / 61%	6%	$49,563	9	—
Music	4 +4	75% / 25%	0%	$44,269	4	—
Theater, Dance, and Media	20 +7	20% / 80%	15%	$40,881	3	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences	408	62% / 38%	12%	$177,830		97%
Biomedical Engineering	13 +1	62% / 38%	0%	$96,457	92	—
Electrical Engineering	10 —	60% / 40%	30%	$130,440	99	—
Engineering Sciences	40 —	60% / 40%	5%	$86,477	85	100%
Mechanical Engineering	33 —	67% / 33%	9%	$100,467	94	—
Computer Science	184 +24	65% / 35%	15%	$219,550	100	97%
Applied Mathematics	128 —	57% / 43%	10%	$178,318	100	96%