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Harvard University
Harvard University is one of the most recognized universities in the world. The school has graduated seven US presidents starting with John Adams and including Franklin D. Roosevelt most recently including John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush. Harvard has been the academic home to over 40 Nobel prize winners.
The oldest higher education institution in the US, Harvard was established in 1636 and as the New College. The name of the university was changed to Harvard College on March 13, 1639. It was named after John Harvard, a young clergyman who graduated from England's Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Presently, Harvard University covers more than 300 acres in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The university's students comprise a diverse mix of backgrounds. Students come from all sections of the US and from more than 100 countries. About two-thirds are from public schools and about the same ratio fund at least part of their tuition through financial aid. Harvard has taught students as young as pre-teens and has granted degrees to students that are as old as 87 years.
Harvard University's individual schools include:
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Graduate School of Design
- Harvard Business School
- Harvard Divinity School
- Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Harvard Law School
- Harvard School of Public Health
- John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Some of the notable alumni of Harvard University are: A. Michael Spence, 2001 Nobel Prize winner economist; Al Gore, former US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner; Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times journalist; Tommy Lee Jones, Academy Award winning actor; and Steve Ballmer, President and CEO of Microsoft.
Harvard has a long tradition of athletics. A Harvard athlete was the very first winner of a gold medal in the very first modern Olympics – the medal was for the hop, skip, and jump (now known as the triple jump). The school is part of the Ivy League and its sports teams that have recently competed for national titles in ice hockey, lacrosse, squash, and fencing. With more than 41 varsity sports for men and women, Harvard has the biggest intercollegiate sports program in the US. The name for Harvard's sports team is Crimson, which is also the school color.
Visitors to Harvard University have many activities to select from. A popular tour is to walk the historic campus, including the Old Yard, to take in many well regarded samples of American architecture. Other sites of interest associated with Harvard include: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum, Art Museums, the Harvard Library, and the Harvard Yard gates.
Campus LocationMassachusetts Hall The campus is in a medium-sized city. |
Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)
| Degree | Total Earned | Different Programs |
|---|---|---|
| Master | 3,622 | 57 |
| Bachelor | 1,755 | 46 |
| 802 | 3 | |
| 666 | 61 | |
| Post-master's certificate | 223 | 3 |
| Postbaccalaureate certificate | 85 | 7 |
| Associate | 7 | 1 |
Students
Student enrollment was 25,690 in 2007-2008 (24,243 full-time equivalent).
About 49% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 51% of the class.
Undergrads are 43% of enrolled students and graduate students are 57%.
Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.
Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| State Tuition and fees | $ 36,173 |
| Room | $ 6,060 |
| Board | $ 4,982 |
| Books and supplies | $ 1,000 |
| Other | $ 2,035 |
Financial Aid: Harvard participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.
Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.
Similar Schools
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Schools Similar to Harvard
| School | Location | Enrollment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | 11,733 |
| 2 | Washington University in St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | 13,382 |
| 3 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 19,782 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | 11,847 |
| 5 | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | 19,005 |
| 6 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 19,800 |
| 7 | Brown University | Providence, RI | 8,167 |
| 8 | Duke University | Durham, NC | 13,598 |
| 9 | Emory University | Atlanta, GA | 12,570 |
| 10 | Yale University | New Haven, CT | 11,454 |
Admissions (2008-2009)
Applicants Admitted Men 8% Women 8% All 8%
SAT Test Scores:SAT Middle 50% Verbal 690-800 Math 700-780 Writing 690-790
Housing and Meals
Harvard provides on-campus housing for 13,042 of its 24,243 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).
Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.
Athletics
School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Ivy Group for major sports.
Highlights
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Harvard University Highlights
- Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, architecture and planning, mathematics, family and social work, medicine, science, and law.
- High faculty salary.
- High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
- Selective admissions.
- Large number of programs of study offered.
- Large number of students.
- Number of dorm rooms for students.
- High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
- Good faculty-to-student ratio.
- High male/female ratio.
Other important characteristics:
- Faculty tenure system.
- Library on-campus.
- Campus housing available.
- Student meal (board) plan.
- Study abroad option.
- Part-time classes available.
- ROTC.
Programs of Study
(Number of degrees in 2008-2009 in parentheses)
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
- Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
- City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
- Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)
ART STUDIES
- Art/Art Studies
- Visual and Performing Arts
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
- Business Administration and Management
- Business/Commerce
- Business/Managerial Economics
- Organizational Behavior Studies
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
- Computer Science
- Computer and Information Sciences
- Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management
CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Environmental Studies
- Natural Resources Management and Policy
EDUCATION AND TEACHING
- Education
ENGINEERING
- Engineering Science
FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK
- Public Administration
- Public Policy Analysis
FINE ARTS
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation
LAW
- Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
- Law (LLB, JD)
LIBERAL ARTS
- African-American/Black Studies
- American History (United States)
- Anthropology
- Area Studies
- Asian History
- Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
- Comparative Literature
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- English Language and Literature
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- German Language and Literature
- History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- History
- Latin Language and Literature
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
- Linguistics
- Museology/Museum Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- Political Science and Government
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Sanskrit/Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Women's Studies
MATHEMATICS
- Applied Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Statistics
MEDIA
- Communication and Media Studies
MEDICINE
- Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD)
- Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
- Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
- Medicine (MD)
- Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
- Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
- Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
- Public Health
MUSIC
- Music
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
- Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
- Philosophy
- Religion/Religious Studies
- Theology and Religious Vocations
- Theology/Theological Studies
SCIENCE
- Astronomy
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Atomic/Molecular Physics
- Biochemistry
- Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Biology/Biological Sciences
- Biophysics
- Biostatistics
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
- Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics
- Geology/Earth Science
- Immunology
- Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
- Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
- Pathology/Experimental Pathology
- Physics
- Virology
THERAPY AND COUNSELING
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
Selected Careers of Interest
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- Administrative Services Managers
- Advertising Managers
- Biological Technicians
- Biomedical Engineers
- Chief Executives
- Clergy
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Support Specialists
- Computer Systems Managers
- Credit Analysts
- Economists
- Editors
- Engineering Managers
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Examiners
- Financial Managers
- Financial Specialists
- General Managers
- Insurance Underwriters
- Lawyers
- Loan Counselors
- Loan Officers
- Logisticians
- Management Analysts
- Marketing Managers
- Medical And Public Health Social Workers
- Medical Scientists
- Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Operations Research Analysts
- Physicists
- Product Sales Representatives
- Public Relations Managers
- Public Relations Specialists
- Purchasing Managers
- Sales Engineers
- Sales Managers
- Software Engineers For Applications
- Substance Abuse And Behavioral Counselors
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