Also known as

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
22,534
48.1% Female
51.9% Male

Institution Overview

School Type
Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation)
Region
New England CT ME MA NH RI VT
Academic Calendar
Semester
Setting
City: Midsize

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Total # of Programs
316
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
129
Doctoral Research
102
Doctoral Professional
6
Distance
49
Degrees Offered
Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)
Certificate Offered
Post-master's
Postbaccalaureate

Student Body

Demographics
0.41%
American Indian or Alaska Native
10.73%
Asian
4.43%
Black or African American
5.91%
Hispanic or Latino
0.09%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
40.74%
White
4.10%
Two or more races
4.93%
Unknown
28.67%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$105
Admissions Office Web Address
college.harvard.edu/admissions

Tuition & Aid

Average Tuition
$41,832

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes
Occupational
No
Continuing Professional
Yes
Recreational or avocational
No
Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
129
Master's (Distance)
29
Doctor's Degree Research
102
Doctor's Degree Professional
6
Postbaccalaureate Certificate
8
Postbaccalaureate Certificate (Distance)
5
Post Master's Certificate
17
Post Master's Certificate (Distance)
1
Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Advanced General Dentistry Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other Post Master's Certificate Yes No
African-American/Black Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
American History (United States) Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
American/United States Studies/Civilization Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Ancient Studies/Civilization Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature Doctoral – Research Yes No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Applied Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Master's Degree Yes No
Architectural History and Criticism, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Architecture Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Asian History Doctoral – Research Yes No
Astronomy Master's Degree Yes No
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Astrophysics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Atomic/Molecular Physics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Behavioral Aspects of Health Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biochemistry Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree Yes Yes
Bioinformatics Master's Degree Yes Yes
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Biomedical Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biophysics Doctoral – Research Yes No
Biostatistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Yes
Business/Commerce, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Business/Managerial Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Cell Biology and Anatomy Doctoral – Research Yes No
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Clinical Psychology Master's Degree Yes Yes
Communication and Media Studies, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes Yes
Comparative Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computational Mathematics Master's Degree Yes Yes
Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
Computer Engineering, General Master's Degree Yes No
Computer Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Computer Software Engineering Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Creative Writing Master's Degree Yes Yes
Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree Yes No
Dental Clinical Sciences, General Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Dental Public Health and Education Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Dentistry Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Design and Applied Arts, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Developmental Biology and Embryology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Digital Arts Master's Degree Yes Yes
Divinity/Ministry Master's Degree Yes No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
East Asian Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Education Policy Analysis Doctoral – Research Yes No
Education, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
No
Education, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Educational Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Educational/Instructional Technology Master's Degree Yes No
Endodontics/Endodontology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Environmental Health Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental Studies Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 Yes
Yes
No
Epidemiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Evolutionary Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Experimental Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Film/Cinema/Video Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Finance, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
French Language and Literature Master's Degree Yes No
Genetics, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
Genome Sciences/Genomics Doctoral – Research Yes No
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other Master's Degree Yes No
German Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
German Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Health Policy Analysis Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Health/Health Care Administration/Management Master's Degree Yes No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Doctoral – Research Yes No
Historic Preservation and Conservation, Other Master's Degree Yes No
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Human Nutrition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Immunology Doctoral – Research Yes No
International and Comparative Education Master's Degree Yes No
International Public Health/International Health Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
International Relations and Affairs Master's Degree Yes Yes
Journalism Master's Degree Yes Yes
Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Latin Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Law Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Legal Studies, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
Yes
Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mathematics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medical Informatics Master's Degree Yes No
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medical Scientist Master's Degree Yes No
Medicine Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Microbiology and Immunology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
Modern Greek Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Multicultural Education Doctoral – Research Yes No
Museology/Museum Studies Master's Degree Yes Yes
Music Performance, General Master's Degree Yes No
Music, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Natural Resources Management and Policy Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes Yes
Near and Middle Eastern Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Neurobiology and Anatomy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Organizational Behavior Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Orthodontics/Orthodontology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Pathology/Experimental Pathology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Periodontics/Periodontology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physical and Biological Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Planetary Astronomy and Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Project Management Master's Degree Yes Yes
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Public Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Public Health Education and Promotion Master's Degree Yes No
Public Health, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Health, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Policy Analysis, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Reading Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Real Estate Master's Degree Yes No
Religion/Religious Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Secondary School Administration/Principalship Master's Degree Yes No
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Social Psychology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
South Asian Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Statistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Theology and Religious Vocations, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Theology/Theological Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Ural-Altaic and Central Asian Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Urban Education and Leadership Doctoral – Research Yes No
Virology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Visual and Performing Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 4,194 2,130 2,064 0
With faculty status 2,130 2,130 0 0
Tenured 1,106 1,106 0 0
On tenure track 494 494 0 0
Not on tenure track 530 530 0 0
Multi-year contract 426 426 0 0
Annual contract 104 104 0 0
Without faculty status 2,064 0 2,064 0

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research
Library and Student Academic Affairs and Other Education Services Occupations

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
Yes
Medical Degree Offered?
Yes
Institution Has a Hospital?
No

Overview

Average Tuition
$41,832
Financial aid office web address
college.harvard.edu/financial-aid
Tuition fee varies by residency status
No
Typical Room
$9,523
Typical Board
$5,858
Tuition & Fees
Amount
Full time Average Tuition$41,832
Full time Fees$1,042
Part time, per credit hour$1,307

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramTuitionFees
Dentistry $55,850 $1,594
Law $57,200 $1,042
Medicine $55,850 $1,635

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
Yes
Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No
Prepaid Tuition Plan
Yes
Tuition Payment Plan
Yes
Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
22,534
48.1% Female
51.9% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.41%
American Indian or Alaska Native
10.73%
Asian
4.43%
Black or African American
5.91%
Hispanic or Latino
0.09%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
40.74%
White
4.10%
Two or more races
4.93%
Unknown
28.67%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 47 45
Asian 1,154 1,265
Black Or African American 479 519
Hispanic Or Latino 702 629
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 8 12
Non-resident Alien 3,547 2,913
White 4,702 4,478
Two Or More Races 451 473
Unknown 601 509

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree
Total
4,229
49.9% Male
50.1% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Total
745
55.3% Male
44.7% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice
Total
789
52.3% Male
47.7% Female

Award: Postbaccalaureate certificate
Total
5
40.0% Male
60.0% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate
Total
65
40.0% Male
60.0% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
Yes
On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial servicesYes
On-campus day care for student's childrenNo

Admissions Office Contact

Address
Massachusetts Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone
617-495-1000
Fax
Email
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of October, 2016.
Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2015), Data File: [HD2015], [IC2015], [IC2015_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2015), Data File: [C2015_A],[C2015DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2015), Data File: [EFFY2015]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2014), Data File: [EAP2014]


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