Harvard Stuff

magic number

8 people who have signed the declaration went to harvard. and 8 presidents of the US are alumni of Harvard University as well.

Students

Harvard College: About 6,700 Graduate and professional students: About 15,250 Total: About 22,000.

Endowment (fiscal year 2015)

$37.6 billion

University Expenses (fiscal year 2015)

$4.5 billion

University Income (fiscal year 2015)

$4.5 billion

Honors (alumni awards)

48 Nobel Laureates (award for contributions to field of study), 32 heads of state, 48 Pulitzer Prize winners

Location

Boston Massachusetts

Faculties, Schools, and an Institute

Harvard University is made up of 11 principal academic units - ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The ten faculties oversee schools and divisions that offer courses and award academic degrees.

Things

Harvard includes a full experience of a historical library and museums.

Established

Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

the Game

Harvard participates annually in football and has a very strong rivalry with Yale University in which the game played during the season is titled simply "the game"

Graduated students (alumni)

More than 371,000 living alumni, over 279,000 in the U.S., and over 59,000 in some 202 other countries.

Harvard Campaign

The Harvard Campaign is designed to embrace the future and to ensure Harvard's leadership as it approaches its fifth century of education and inquiry in the pursuit of enduring truth.

Sports

The Harvard Crimson participates in 42 intercollegiate sports

Naming

The name Harvard comes from the college's first benefactor, the young minister John Harvard of Charlestown. Upon his death in 1638, he left his library and half his estate to the institution established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Tuition Costs

The total 2016-2017 cost of attending Harvard College without financial aid is $43,280 for tuition and $63,025 for tuition, room, board, and fees combined. Families with students on scholarship pay an average of $12,000 annually toward the cost of a Harvard education.

SAT Requirements

There's no absolute SAT requirement at Harvard, but they really want to see at least a 1480 to have a chance at being considered.

Motto

Veritas (Latin for "truth")

Get sorted

an annual tradition where freshman get aquainted and familiar with where they will be living in the next three years as well getting familiar with new people and buildings.

Real estate

boasts over 5,000 acres.