Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Harvard University admitted 2,003 of 47,893 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (4.2%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
4.2%
2,003 admitted of 47,893 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 740–780 · Math 760–800
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
33–35
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
4.22
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
79%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
27%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Harvard University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Harvard University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 75
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $19,066 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $8,697
- $30k–$48k
- $2,991
- $48k–$75k
- $2,091
- $75k–$110k
- $9,941
- Over $110k
- $53,337
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
6 essay prompts on the application: 6 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for Harvard University applicants
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in Massachusetts
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
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