graduate STUDENT data
As we grow our faculty and expand our offerings in applied sciences and engineering, recruiting the best and brightest students is even more critical for our continued success.
Number of Applicants/Selectivity (ALL PROGRAMS)
Year |
Number of Applicants |
Total Number Admitted |
Acceptance Rate |
2007-8 |
1331 |
194 |
14.5% |
Admitted Ph.D Students
| Average GPA | 3.8 |
| Average GRE Verbal Score | 590 |
| Average GRE Quantitative Score | 786 |
| Avergae GRE Analytical Score | 4.5 |
Current Student Body Stats (2007-2008) | |
Full time students | 96.1% |
| Percent Male/Female | 74.8%/25.2%
|
| Percent Minority | 18.8%
|
| Percent International | 41.9%
|
Part time students | 3.9% |
| Percent Male/Female | 85.7%/14.3%
|
| Percent Minority | 14.3%
|
| Percent International | 7.1%
|
ENROLLMENT
Total (2007) |
355 |
| Full time | 341 |
| Part time | 14 |
Top Cross Over Programs
Accepted students in engineering and applied sciences who chose not to attend Harvard, most commonly went to: Stanford University, MIT, UC-Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Cambridge University (UK), Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania.After Harvard
Our graduates have gone on to take positions at some of the finest research institutions in the world, including: Ben Gurion University (Israel), Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Cornell University, MIT, National University of Singapore, Princeton University, University of California–Berkeley, University of Chicago,
University of Sydney (Australia), University of Virginia, and right here at Harvard.
Those pursuing careers in industry and government have worked for technology companies such as Pixar, Google, and IBM; defense contractors such as Northrop Grumman; policy and research organizations such as the National Institutes of Health; banking and investment firms like Citigroup; and environmental consulting groups like Boston-based CDM.
Others have become entrepreneurs. Our graduates started Tacit Knowledge Systems and SupplyWorks. In fact, some of the most well-known companies in the world were started by Harvard graduates—for example, Electronic Arts, 3Com, Sun Microsystems, and Microsoft.
| Primary Occupation Post Harvard * | % |
| Computer Software, Hardware, Systems | 23 |
| Banking, Finance, Communications | 11 |
| Engineering & Science | 11 |
| Education | 8 |
| Full-time student | 7 |
| Law | 6 |
| Consulting | 6 |
| Medicine, Healthcare, Public Health | 5 |
| Arts, Government, Politics | 5 |
| Other | 18 |
* includes students who have earned A.B, S.B., S.M. and Ph.D. degrees.