Cambridge, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Midsize city
Overview
Harvard University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its campus is in a midsize city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 30,259, made up of 8,844 undergraduates and 21,415 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity.
Harvard University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 259 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other, Law, and Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. It awarded 11,030 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 58 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
98% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 7 to 1.
Key figures
30,259
Students enrolled
98%
First-year retention
11,030
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
259
Programs and majors
7:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 259
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
98%
Student-to-faculty ratio
7:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
2,158
Master's degrees
5,734
Doctoral degrees (research)
750
Professional doctorates
806
Certificates under 1 year
175
Postbaccalaureate certificates
1,399
Post-master's certificates
8
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
30,259
Undergraduates, fall 2024
8,844
Graduate students, fall 2024
21,415
Full-time, fall 2024
69%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
37,217
Undergraduates, 2024-25
11,899
Graduate students, 2024-25
25,318
Full-time, 2024-25
58%
Size category
20,000 students or more
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
55%
Men
45%
White
31%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
6%
Asian
15%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
27%
Race or ethnicity unknown
7%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
58
Programs with a fully online option
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
31%
Students taking some online courses
5%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 1: Very High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Ivy Group
President
Alan Garber
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates