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Harvard University Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Private

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Less than one year certificate
Associate’s degree
Bachelor’s degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master’s degree
Post-master’s certificate
Doctor’s degree – research/scholarship
Doctor’s degree – professional practice

State Abbreviation

Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS HALLCAMBRIDGE, MA 02138

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$13,910

4%

30631

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Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

1-Jan

Hard

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Harvard is an elite private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the Boston Area. It is a mid-size institution with an enrollment of 7,483 undergraduate students. Admissions is extremely competitive as the Harvard acceptance rate is only 4%. Popular majors include Social Science Research Methods, Economics, and Computer Science. Graduating 97% of students, Harvard alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $70,300.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for Harvard University is more than 100% lower than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology6.70%
Boston University18.90%
Tufts University15.00%
Northeastern University18.10%
Boston College27.20%