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Harvard University

Total
Students
Full-Time
Undergrads
Percent Accepted Percent Women Resident Tuition & Fees Non-Res. Tuition & Fees Room & Board
19,5386,7129%49%$33,709$33,709$9,946
Year last surveyed2007
AddressCambridge MA 02138
Phone(617) 495-1000
Carnegie ClassificationDoctoral/Research Universities – Extensive
Typeuniversity [offers four years of undergraduate work, plus graduate degrees through the doctorate in more than two fields]
Student BodyCoeducational
Established1636
Institutional ControlPrivate – Nonprofit
Academic CalendarSemesters

Enrollment Details: Harvard University

Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.809
Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.877
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time men.4
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time women.5
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time men.2,584
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time women.2,433
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time men.1
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time women.2
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students.1,647
Number of students in the final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students after adjusting for exclusions due to death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, participation in official church missions, or other allowable exclusions.1,647
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in 4 years or less.1,429
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 4 years but in 5 years or less.142
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 5 years but in 6 years or less.35
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program within 6 years.1,606
Six-year graduation rate for final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students (adjusting for allowable exclusions).98%
Number of degree-seeking transfer students enrolled.75
Total number of full-time undergraduate men.3,397
Total number of full-time undergraduate women.3,315
Total number of part-time undergraduate men.1
Total number of part-time undergraduate women.2
Number of men enrolled full-time in first-professional programs.1,462
Number of women enrolled full-time in first-professional programs.1,334
Number of men enrolled part-time in first-professional programs.4
Number of women enrolled part-time in first-professional programs.13
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.4,957
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.4,398
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.299
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.356
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.9,816
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.9,047
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.304
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.371
Total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.6,715
Total number of undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students enrolled at the institution.19,538
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate nonresident aliens. Nonresident aliens are excluded from counts for racial/ethnic categories.634
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate black, non-Hispanics.521
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate American Indians/Alaskan natives.41
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Asians/Pacific Islanders.947
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Hispanics.443
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate white, non-Hispanics.3,142
Number of degree-seeking undergraduates whose race/ethnicity is unknown.987
Total number of degree-seeking undergraduates across all racial/ethnic categories.6,715
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates age 25 or older.1%
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates who are from out-of-state (excluding international students/nonresident aliens).84%
Number of U.S. states and territories (including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico; for Canadian Schools: provinces and territories) from which undergraduates come.53
Number of foreign countries from which undergraduates come.95
Percentage of total degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank data.95%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top half of high school graduating class.100%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top quarter of high school graduating class.100%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top tenth of high school graduating class.95%
Percentage of full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered the institution as freshmen in the previous academic year and returned for the fall term of the current academic year.98%
Academic year for which awards/outcomes data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2002
Year for which retention data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006

Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.

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