Student Population at Harvard

The following chart compares Harvard's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts.

Harvard has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 17,418 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (3,644 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Harvard University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 13,812 male and 16,447 female students attending Harvard. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.84 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Harvard.

By age, there are 10,634 students whose age under twenty five and 10,562 students whose age is over thirty years old at Harvard University.

Especially, 147 students are younger than eighteen and 170 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Harvard University.

At Harvard University, 9,187 students (30.36% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 7,584 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,805 students live in Massachusetts where Harvard University is located in and 4,380 students have enrolled from other states.