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Harvard University

Harvard University
Massachusetts Hall
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Website: Harvard University

Type of college:4-year private, not-for-profit

Degree types offered: Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctor's, First-professional certificate, First-professional degree, Master's, Post-Masters certificate, Postbaccalaureate certificate

Degree Programs offered:

  • Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • Afro-American (Black) Studies
  • American (United States) History
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Mathematics General
  • Architectural Urban Design and Planning
  • Architecture
  • Architecture and Related Programs Other
  • Arts & Design
  • Astronomy
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology General
  • Biophysics
  • Business
  • Business / Managerial Economics
  • Business Administration and Management
  • Cell and Molecular Biology Other
  • Chemical and Atomic / Molecular Physics
  • Chemistry General
  • City / Urban Community & Regional Planning
  • Classics and Classical Languages and Literature
  • Communications General
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences General
  • Computer Science
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Dental Clinical Sciences / Graduate Dental
  • Dentistry (D.D.S. D.M.D.)
  • Divinity / Ministry (B.D. M.Div.)
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • East Asian Studies
  • Economics General
  • Education Administration and Supervision
  • Education General
  • Educational / Instructional Media Design
  • Educational Psychology
  • Elementary Middle and Secondary Education
  • Engineering Science
  • English Language and Literature General
  • English Language and Literature / Letter
  • Environmental / Environmental Health Engineer
  • Environmental Science / Studies
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures Other
  • Genetics Plant and Animal
  • Geology
  • Geophysics and Seismology
  • German Language and Literature
  • Higher Education Administration
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technician
  • History General
  • History Other
  • International and Comparative Education
  • Juridical Science / Legal Specialization
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Law (LLB JD)
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences / Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Basic Sciences Other
  • Medical Cell Biology
  • Medical Immunology
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Medical Neurobiology
  • Medicine (M.D.)
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Museology / Museum Studies
  • Music General
  • Organizational Behavior Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Sciences General
  • Physics General
  • Political Science and Government General
  • Psychology General
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health General
  • Public Health Other
  • Public Policy Analysis
  • Religion / Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages and Literatures Other
  • Russian and Slavic Area Studies
  • Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences and History Other
  • Social Sciences General
  • Sociology
  • South Asian Languages and Literatures
  • Theological and Ministerial Studies Other
  • Theological Studies and Religious Vocations
  • Theology
  • Virology
  • Visual and Performing Arts General
  • Women's Studies

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive: These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. They award 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 Disciplines.


2004-2007 Enrollment

Total enrollment 24,279
Undergraduate enrollment 9,884
Percent of undergraduate enrollment by gender
Men 50%
Women 50%
Percent of undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity
Non-resident alien 0%
Black non-Hispanic 6%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 1%
Asian or Pacific Islander 12%
Hispanic 5%
White non-Hispanic 45%


Information provided by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Carnegie Foundation.

Harvard University Information