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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private (nonprofit) · 7,601 students · mostly bachelor degrees
42nd-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$19,066
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$85,540
Graduation rate
98%
Admission rate
4%
Median graduate earnings
$101,817
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$14,000
Average SAT
1553
Median ACT
35
Pell grant recipients
16%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
311 programsLaw · First Professional Degree570 grads/yr$291,490Business Administration and Management, General · First Professional Degree$272,009Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree52 grads/yr$230,876Computer Engineering, General · Master's Degree94 grads/yr$228,519Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree183 grads/yr$203,169Dental Public Health and Education · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$198,921Dental Public Health and Education · Graduate/Professional Certificate18 grads/yr$198,324Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree62 grads/yr$189,806Ecology · Doctoral Degree52 grads/yr$185,905Public Administration · Master's Degree374 grads/yr$177,149Biochemistry · Doctoral Degree22 grads/yr$174,114Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree120 grads/yr$170,689Ecology · Master's Degree127 grads/yr$168,833Biostatistics · Master's Degree72 grads/yr$155,888Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree258 grads/yr$155,592Biotechnology · Master's Degree39 grads/yr$155,219Finance, General · Master's Degree107 grads/yr$153,797Environmental Health · Master's Degree400 grads/yr$153,029Dentistry · First Professional Degree35 grads/yr$151,692Environmental Health · Doctoral Degree9 grads/yr$143,521Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree232 grads/yr$129,978Educational/Instructional Technology · Master's Degree140 grads/yr$127,546Behavioral Sciences · Doctoral Degree0 grads/yr$125,925Education, General · Doctoral Degree25 grads/yr$125,405Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology · Bachelor's Degree75 grads/yr$117,816
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.