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Harvard University

General Information

College Rating:
Ownership:
Private, 4-year
School Type:
Coed
Enrollment:
25,017
Student Faculty Ratio:
7 :1
Year Founded:
1636
Total Faculty:
2,035
Setting:
City Setting
Acceptance Rate:
8%
Average High School GPA:
N/A
Distance Learning:
No
Degrees Offered
Certificates
Associates
Bachelors
Masters
Above
Key Financials
In State Tuition & Fees:
$33,709
Out of State Tuition & Fees:
$33,709
Key Ratings
This school has been rated by the following:
Princeton
GlobalScholar
US News
Wikipedia Description
Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts Legislature, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, as well as the first and oldest corporation in the Americas. Initially referred to simply as "the new college", the institution was named Harvard College on March 13, 1639, after its first principal dono...
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Address
Massachusetts Hall
Cambridge , MA  02138
Phone: (617) 495-1000
Website: www.harvard.edu
Notable Alumni
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Margaret Atwood
Leonard Bernstein
Jeff Bingaman
Harry Blackmun
Michael Crichton
Matt Damon
W. E. B. Du Bois
T. S. Eliot
Noam Elkies
Al Gore
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ted Kaczynski
Helen Keller
Edward Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Jack Lemmon
Yo-Yo Ma
Conan O''Brien
Tim O''Reilly
Deval Patrick
Natalie Portman
John Roberts
Jay Rockefeller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Leverett Saltonstall
Charles Schumer
David Souter
Charles Sumner
Henry David Thoreau
David Vitter