Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts — the oldest university in the United States. Consistently ranked among the top 3 universities in the world, Harvard enrolls 23,000 students across 12 schools and has produced 8 US Presidents, 160 Nobel Laureates, 14 Turing Award winners, and more billionaire alumni than any other institution on Earth. Harvard’s endowment of $51 billion is the largest of any educational institution in the world.

Schools

• Harvard Business School — #1 MBA program in the world; case method pioneer; $3.4B endowment
• Harvard Law School — #1 or #2 US law school; produced Barack Obama, Chief Justice John Roberts
• Harvard Medical School — Top-3 US medical school; 29 Nobel Prize-winning faculty
• John F. Kennedy School of Government — Top-2 public policy school in the world
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — Top-3 public health school globally
• SEAS (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) — Growing engineering programs

How to Apply

• Application: Common App | Acceptance Rate: ~3.4% | Tuition: ~$57,261 | Meets 100% of need — Free for families earning under $85,000

Key Deadlines

• Restrictive Early Action: November 1 | Regular Decision: January 1