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United States · Massachusetts
Harvard University
Cambridge · Graduate-degree institution · Private nonprofit
Verified application and program coverage
Harvard College first-year admission
Program coverage
- Indexed programmes
- 243
- Official programme listings
- 243
- Admission route coverage
- 60
- Convertible subject requirements
- 0
Application
- Platform
- Common Application · Harvard questions
- Application fee
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$90
Details
$90 · fee waiver available
- Application scope
- Harvard College · applicants are not admitted by major
Deadlines
- Restrictive Early Action
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1 November
Details
1 November · non-binding · decision mid-December
- Regular Decision
- 1 January · decision end of March
- Midyear report
- Requested in mid-February
Academic review and testing
- Academic preparation
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Holistic review of achievement, available curriculum, personal qualities…
Details
Holistic review of achievement, available curriculum, personal qualities, activities, talents and context
- SAT/ACT policy
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SAT or ACT required
Details
SAT or ACT required · where genuinely inaccessible, AP, actual/predicted IB, GCSE/A-Level or national leaving results may meet the requirement
- Fixed admission cutoff
- No GPA, IB, SAT or ACT score guarantees admission
Required application file
- School documents
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2 teacher recommendations
Details
School report with counselor letter and transcript · 2 teacher recommendations · midyear report · final report after admission
- Applicant writing
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Application essay plus university-specific questions unless the programme states…
Details
Application essay plus university-specific questions unless the programme states otherwise
International applicant
- English proficiency
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No TOEFL/IELTS requirement for first-year applicants;
Details
No TOEFL/IELTS requirement for first-year applicants; English proficiency is evaluated through the full application and optional scores may be submitted
- Financial aid
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Harvard states it meets 100% of demonstrated need
Details
Need-blind for all nationalities · Harvard states it meets 100% of demonstrated need
- Credential language
- Official English translations are required when school records are not in English
Programme-specific notes
- Test exception
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Alternative examinations are for exceptional access problems, not a general…
Details
Alternative examinations are for exceptional access problems, not a general test-optional route
- Early restriction
- REA limits other private early applications but remains non-binding
Federal benchmark · College Scorecard May 2025 release
- Institution admission rate
- 3.6%
- SAT reading middle range
- 740–780
- SAT maths middle range
- 760–800
- ACT composite middle range
- 34–36
- Published tuition
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USD 59,076
Details
USD 59,076 · Published tuition and fees
Strongest subjects
- Social sciences
- 32.5% of undergraduate degrees
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11.7% of undergraduate degrees
- Mathematics and statistics
- 10.1% of undergraduate degrees
- Computer and information sciences
- 9.2% of undergraduate degrees
- History
- 7.6% of undergraduate degrees
Students
- Undergraduate students
- 7,755
- International undergraduate share
- 13.5%
Tuition, financial aid and accommodation
- Published annual budget
- $82,842 · Annual on-campus academic-year budget
- In-state tuition per year
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$59,076
Details
$59,076 · Published tuition and fees
- Out-of-state tuition per year
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$59,076
Details
$59,076 · Published tuition and fees
- Accommodation and price
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$20,374
Details
$20,374 · Published room and board
- Average net price
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$16,816
Details
$16,816 · Average annual net price for Title IV students
- Pell Grant recipients
- 15.8%
- Federal-loan recipients
- 4.9%
Net price by family income
- Family income $0–30,000
- $2,895
- Family income $30,001–48,000
- $2,496
- Family income $48,001–75,000
- $2,167
- Family income $75,001–110,000
- $13,937
- Family income above $110,000
- $53,571
About Harvard University
Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The surrounding setting is Midsize city.
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