Harvard University

  • Details

    • Name: Harvard University
    • Location: Cambridge, MA 02138
    • Control: Private Non-Profit
    • Accreditation: New England Commission on Higher Education
  • Attendance

    • Admissions Rate 3.45%
    • Average SAT Scores 1553
    • Four Year Completion Rate 65.8% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
    • Six Year Completion Rate 97.33% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
    • Eight Year Completion Rate 98.37% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
    High Completion
    4 Year
    65.8%
    6 Year
    97.3%
    8 Year
    98.4%
  • Costs

    • Yearly Costs: $82,842 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
    • Out of State Tuition: $59,076 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
    • In State Tuition: $59,076 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
    • Median Debt Total: $12,500 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
    • Median Debt for Graduates: $14,000 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Median Debt for Withdrawals: $11,118 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Net Price Quintile 1 $2,895 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
    • Net Price Quintile 2 $2,496 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
    • Net Price Quintile 3 $2,167 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
    • Net Price Quintile 4 $13,937 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
    • Net Price Quintile 5 $53,571 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
  • Earnings

    • Median 6 Year Earnings $99,572 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 7 Year Earnings $87,213 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 8 Year Earnings $101,095 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 9 Year Earnings $81,913 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 10 Year Earnings $101,817 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income

Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.

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What Graduates Earn By Family Background

Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.

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Name Credential Debt Mean Debt Median Earnings
Marketing Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
History Bachelor's Degree No data No data $50,411
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Engineering Science Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Area Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Computer Science Bachelor's Degree No data No data $140,072
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Education, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $41,939
Natural Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Biomedical/Medical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $43,328
Statistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $78,193
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Chemistry Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Social Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree $27,341 No data $42,926
Archeology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Sociology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $58,277
Film/Video and Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data $31,485
Biology, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Sustainability Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Visual and Performing Arts, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Fine and Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Business Administration, Management and Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $102,707
Behavioral Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Theological and Ministerial Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Astronomy and Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Research and Experimental Psychology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $53,927
Anthropology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Economics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $89,515
Political Science and Government Bachelor's Degree No data No data $58,808
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Neurobiology and Neurosciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $36,334
Mathematics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Philosophy Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Psychology, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Leisure and Recreational Activities Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Physics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Music Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Human Resources Management and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Public Health Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data