Fact book: Enrollment

Current Enrollment. Number of Degree Students

		Time Status		Total
Degree Student Enrollment Headcount: Fall 2022
Counts taken as of October 15, 2022
		Full Time	Part Time	Total
College		7,178	—	7,178
GSAS		4,662	19	4,681
Business		2,020	—	2,020
Dental		252	—	252
Design		951	1	952
Divinity		326	10	336
Education		636	164	800
Government		1,136	17	1,153
Law		1,998	—	1,998
Medical		994	350	1,344
Public Health		622	446	1,068
Extension	Undergraduate	225	570	795
	Graduate	181	2,919	3,100
University Overall				25,226
Source: School Registrars. As of October 15th of each year shown.
Each cell represents a count of distinct students. Some students are registered as degree students in multiple schools and are deduplicated for the University totals.

	US Citizen or Permanent Resident								US Nonresident	Total
Degree Student Enrollment by IPEDS Race/Ethnicity: Fall 2022
Counts taken as of October 15, 2022
	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic or Latino	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races	Not specified	US Nonresident	Total
College	20	1,623	665	852	10	2,436	546	79	947	7,178
GSAS	7	580	217	368	2	1,573	201	70	1,663	4,681
Business	3	306	146	153	—	598	30	39	745	2,020
Dental	—	67	14	20	—	70	12	3	66	252
Design	1	92	39	61	—	202	32	13	512	952
Divinity	2	23	21	33	1	175	9	3	69	336
Education	2	78	89	85	—	254	25	2	265	800
Government	—	134	57	64	—	285	29	7	577	1,153
Law	3	290	141	197	5	843	79	76	364	1,998
Medical	1	333	94	98	3	434	51	26	304	1,344
Public Health	1	166	56	83	1	283	27	6	445	1,068
Extension	6	372	193	361	10	1,609	139	565	640	3,895
University Overall ¹	46	3,946	1,702	2,346	32	8,629	1,160	878	6,527	25,266
Source: School Registrars. As of October 15th of each year shown.
Each cell represents a number of distinct students.
¹ Some students are registered in more than one school and appear in all relevant school rows but are counted only once in the University overall.

		Academic Year
Degree Student Enrollment: AY2013-14 through AY2022-23
Counts taken as of October 15 of each year
		2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
College		6,671	6,636	6,634	6,645	6,699	6,722	6,716	5,212	7,095	7,178
GSAS		3,997	3,970	4,069	4,207	4,300	4,488	4,732	4,847	4,631	4,681
Business		1,911	1,925	1,938	1,947	1,922	1,903	1,894	1,550	1,869	2,020
Dental		265	267	239	252	243	253	256	258	255	252
Design		831	830	825	888	906	903	910	858	907	952
Divinity		325	336	316	312	325	275	284	294	346	336
Education		935	926	918	887	853	870	811	1,063	1,069	800
Government		952	929	915	935	974	958	962	892	1,206	1,153
Law		1,970	1,981	1,990	2,035	1,992	1,986	1,962	1,860	2,001	1,998
Medical		772	809	831	863	903	973	1,076	1,132	1,225	1,344
Public Health		888	965	1,088	1,032	986	955	955	937	993	1,068
Extension	Undergraduate	627	601	699	802	845	865	841	894	850	795
	Graduate	1,185	1,288	1,472	1,718	2,072	2,344	2,577	2,749	3,063	3,100
ART ¹		46	47	45	44	22	–	–	–	–	–
University Overall		21,295	21,428	21,891	22,434	22,947	23,336	23,731	22,273	25,126	25,266
Source: School Registrars. As of October 15th for each academic year shown.
Joint degree students are counted once in each school, but de-duplicated for the university total. Thus, University total may not match school total.
¹ Since 2019, the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University is no longer accepting students.

		2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	¹	2021–22	2022–23
Degree Student Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) Enrollment by School: Fall 2013 — Fall 2022
Counts taken as of October 15, 2022
College		6,663	6,632	6,634	6,645	6,699	6,722	6,704	5,197	7,095	7,178
GSAS		3,990	3,963	4,055	4,184	4,278	4,466	4,721	4,834	4,621	4,668
Business		1,911	1,925	1,938	1,946	1,922	1,903	1,894	1,550	1,869	2,020
Dental		265	267	239	252	243	253	256	258	255	252
Design		831	830	825	887	905	902	909	857	905	951
Divinity		323	333	316	308	322	274	283	288	345	329
Education		883	876	868	838	809	820	744	817	827	691
Government		945	924	909	928	960	951	948	849	1,165	1,142
Law		1,970	1,981	1,990	2,035	1,992	1,986	1,962	1,857	2,001	1,998
Medical		772	809	830	844	882	941	1,026	1,081	1,117	1,111
Public Health		755	826	915	769	807	742	698	644	730	771
Extension	Undergraduate	376	363	406	458	449	462	473	507	471	415
	Graduate	548	605	684	817	1,070	1,153	1,269	1,311	1,182	1,154
ART ²		46	47	45	44	22	0	0	0	0	0
University Overall		20,278	20,381	20,654	20,955	21,360	21,575	21,887	20,050	22,583	22,680
Source: School Registrars. As of October 15th of each year shown.
¹ AY2020-21 coincides with the year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
² Since 2019, the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University is no longer accepting students.

Class of	Applicants	Admitted	Admit Rate	Yield Rate
Harvard College Admissions
Class of 2016 to 2026
2026	61,221	1,984	3.2%	83.0%
2025	57,786	2,318	4.0%	84.2%
2024	40,428	2,015	5.0%	69.8%
2023	43,330	2,009	4.6%	82.1%
2022	42,749	2,024	4.7%	81.7%
2021	39,506	2,037	5.2%	82.8%
2020	39,041	2,110	5.4%	78.8%
2019	37,307	2,081	5.6%	80.0%
2018	34,295	2,023	5.9%	82.0%
2017	35,023	2,047	5.8%	81.0%
2016	34,303	2,076	6.1%	80.2%
Students who defer their admission are counted as yielded in the year in which they enroll. Class of 2024 and 2025 coincide with the years of the COVID-19 pandemic.