by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Education is a concentration offered under the general education major at Harvard University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in general education, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Harvard paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,448 | $49,448 |
| Fees | $1,206 | $1,206 |
Online degrees for the Harvard general education master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.
Women made up around 77.7% of the general education students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 78.2%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in general education at Harvard in 2019-2020, 32.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 64 |
| Black or African American | 47 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 264 |
| International Students | 138 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 22 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.