by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Harvard University landed the #6 spot. This means that the school is among the Top 1% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. For this achievement, Harvard received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
In addition, Harvard took the #2 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Harvard took the #5 spot on the list. This means that the school is among the Top 1% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. Because of its high ranking, Harvard won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
In addition, Harvard took the #2 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 52.6% of the total graduate students at Harvard are women and 47.4% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 29.4% of the graduate student population at Harvard. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Harvard. Around 27.1% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $50,928 | $50,928 |
| Fees | $1,242 | $1,242 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Harvard is $76,001. That's about 30% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Doctorate degree recipients from Harvard earn an average salary of $95,158 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 26% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Harvard University.
Contact details for Harvard are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| Phone: | 617-495-1000 |
| Website: | www.harvard.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/harvard |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/harvard |
In 2020-2021, 43.7% of the graduate students at Harvard University took at least one class online. Roughly 37.1% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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