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Enrollment by School
| Degree Student Enrollment Headcount: Fall 2023 | ||||
| Counts taken as of October 15, 2023 | ||||
| Time Status | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Time | Part Time | |||
| College | 7,063 | — | 7,063 | |
| GSAS | 4,650 | 12 | 4,662 | |
| Business | 1,966 | — | 1,966 | |
| Dental | 249 | — | 249 | |
| Design | 848 | 20 | 868 | |
| Divinity | 308 | 9 | 317 | |
| Education | 654 | 242 | 896 | |
| Government | 984 | 33 | 1,017 | |
| Law | 2,027 | — | 2,027 | |
| Medical | 992 | 341 | 1,333 | |
| Public Health | 611 | 423 | 1,034 | |
| Extension | Undergraduate | 170 | 522 | 692 |
| Graduate | 210 | 2,693 | 2,903 | |
| University Total1 | 24,596 | |||
| Source: School Registrars. As of October 15 the academic year. | ||||
| 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. As a result, the University Total may not be equal to the sum of the school rows. | ||||
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Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
| Degree Student Enrollment by IPEDS Race/Ethnicity: Fall 2023 | ||||||||||
| Counts taken as of October 15, 2023 | ||||||||||
| US Citizen or Permanent Resident | U.S. Nonresident | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| College | 23 | 1,674 | 668 | 826 | 9 | 2,247 | 544 | 86 | 986 | 7,063 |
| GSAS | 7 | 572 | 224 | 374 | 2 | 1,511 | 199 | 67 | 1,706 | 4,662 |
| Business | 3 | 281 | 127 | 141 | — | 590 | 50 | 32 | 742 | 1,966 |
| Dental | — | 72 | 16 | 25 | — | 63 | 13 | 3 | 57 | 249 |
| Design | — | 87 | 37 | 63 | — | 171 | 21 | 17 | 472 | 868 |
| Divinity | 1 | 24 | 25 | 33 | — | 151 | 13 | 7 | 63 | 317 |
| Education | 4 | 87 | 100 | 81 | 1 | 238 | 33 | 1 | 351 | 896 |
| Government | — | 115 | 37 | 40 | — | 221 | 20 | 8 | 576 | 1,017 |
| Law | 4 | 314 | 140 | 202 | 5 | 839 | 79 | 95 | 349 | 2,027 |
| Medical | — | 354 | 89 | 103 | 4 | 389 | 55 | 21 | 318 | 1,333 |
| Public Health | — | 180 | 57 | 71 | — | 243 | 28 | 9 | 446 | 1,034 |
| Extension | 6 | 336 | 178 | 345 | 5 | 1,451 | 124 | 503 | 647 | 3,595 |
| University Total1 | 47 | 3,974 | 1,668 | 2,282 | 26 | 7,971 | 1,156 | 841 | 6,631 | 24,596 |
| 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. As a result, the University Total may not be equal to the sum of the school rows. | ||||||||||
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Enrollment by Degree
| Student Enrollment by School and Degree: Fall 2023 | |||
| Counts taken as of October 15, 2023 | |||
| Full Time | Part Time | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| College | |||
| AB, SB | 7,063 | – | 7,063 |
| GSAS | |||
| AM, SM, ME | 464 | 6 | 470 |
| PHD | 4,186 | 6 | 4,192 |
| Business | |||
| MBA | 1,966 | – | 1,966 |
| Dental | |||
| CERTG | 32 | – | 32 |
| DMD | 141 | – | 141 |
| DMSC | 29 | – | 29 |
| MMSC | 47 | – | 47 |
| Design | |||
| DDES | 40 | – | 40 |
| MARCH | 309 | 12 | 321 |
| MAUD | 52 | – | 52 |
| MDE | 51 | 8 | 59 |
| MDES | 125 | – | 125 |
| MLA | 159 | – | 159 |
| MLAUD | 5 | – | 5 |
| MRE | 35 | – | 35 |
| MUP | 72 | – | 72 |
| Divinity | |||
| MDIV | 146 | 5 | 151 |
| MRPL | 12 | – | 12 |
| MTS | 148 | 4 | 152 |
| THD | 1 | – | 1 |
| THM | 1 | – | 1 |
| Education | |||
| CAS | 9 | – | 9 |
| EDLD | 44 | – | 44 |
| EDM | 601 | 242 | 843 |
| Government | |||
| MPA | 542 | 14 | 556 |
| MPP | 442 | 19 | 461 |
| Law | |||
| JD | 1,786 | – | 1,786 |
| LLM | 187 | – | 187 |
| SJD | 54 | – | 54 |
| Medical | |||
| MBE | – | 2 | 2 |
| MCSO | – | 3 | 3 |
| MD | 735 | 95 | 830 |
| MHQS | – | 1 | 1 |
| MMSC | 140 | 21 | 161 |
| SM | 117 | 219 | 336 |
| Public Health | |||
| DRPH | 34 | 1 | 35 |
| MHCM | – | 41 | 41 |
| MPH | 301 | 350 | 651 |
| SM | 276 | 31 | 307 |
| Extension | |||
| ALB | 165 | 414 | 579 |
| ALM | 210 | 2,693 | 2,903 |
| PMP | 5 | 108 | 113 |
| Source: School Registrars. As of October 15th of each year shown. | |||
| GSAS offers PhD degree programs in cooperation with other Harvard Schools, however all PhDs are granted by and included in GSAS counts. | |||
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Historical Enrollments: Headcount
| Degree Student Enrollment Headcount by School and Academic Year | |||||||||||
| Counts taken as of October 15 of each academic year. | |||||||||||
| Academic Year | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | ||
| College | 6,636 | 6,634 | 6,645 | 6,699 | 6,722 | 6,716 | 5,212 | 7,095 | 7,178 | 7,063 | |
| GSAS | 3,970 | 4,069 | 4,207 | 4,300 | 4,488 | 4,732 | 4,847 | 4,631 | 4,681 | 4,662 | |
| Business | 1,925 | 1,938 | 1,947 | 1,922 | 1,903 | 1,894 | 1,550 | 1,869 | 2,020 | 1,966 | |
| Dental | 267 | 239 | 252 | 243 | 253 | 256 | 258 | 255 | 252 | 249 | |
| Design | 830 | 825 | 888 | 906 | 903 | 910 | 858 | 907 | 952 | 868 | |
| Divinity | 336 | 316 | 312 | 325 | 275 | 284 | 294 | 346 | 336 | 317 | |
| Education | 926 | 918 | 887 | 853 | 870 | 811 | 1,063 | 1,069 | 800 | 896 | |
| Government | 929 | 915 | 935 | 974 | 958 | 962 | 892 | 1,206 | 1,153 | 1,017 | |
| Law | 1,981 | 1,990 | 2,035 | 1,992 | 1,986 | 1,962 | 1,860 | 2,001 | 1,998 | 2,027 | |
| Medical | 809 | 831 | 863 | 903 | 973 | 1,076 | 1,132 | 1,225 | 1,344 | 1,333 | |
| Public Health | 965 | 1,088 | 1,032 | 986 | 955 | 955 | 937 | 993 | 1,068 | 1,034 | |
| Extension | Undergraduate | 601 | 699 | 802 | 845 | 865 | 841 | 894 | 850 | 795 | 692 |
| Graduate | 1,288 | 1,472 | 1,718 | 2,072 | 2,344 | 2,577 | 2,749 | 3,063 | 3,100 | 2,903 | |
| A.R.T.1 | 47 | 45 | 44 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| University Total2 | 21,428 | 21,891 | 22,434 | 22,947 | 23,336 | 23,731 | 22,273 | 25,126 | 25,266 | 24,596 | |
| Source: School Registrars. As of October 15th of each academic year. | |||||||||||
| Each cell represents a number of distinct students. | |||||||||||
| 1 Since 2019, the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University is no longer accepting students. | |||||||||||
| 2 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. As a result, the University Total may not be equal to the sum of the school rows. | |||||||||||
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Historical Enrollments: FTE
| Degree Student Enrollment Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) by School and Academic Year | |||||||||||
| Counts taken as of October 15 of each academic year. | |||||||||||
| 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–211 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College | 6,632. | 6,634. | 6,645. | 6,699. | 6,722. | 6,704. | 5,197.3 | 7,095. | 7,178. | 7,063. | |
| GSAS | 3,962.7 | 4,055. | 4,183.7 | 4,278. | 4,466. | 4,721.3 | 4,833.7 | 4,621. | 4,668.3 | 4,654. | |
| Business | 1,925. | 1,938. | 1,946.3 | 1,922. | 1,903. | 1,894. | 1,550. | 1,869. | 2,020. | 1,966. | |
| Dental | 267. | 239. | 252. | 243. | 253. | 256. | 258. | 255. | 252. | 249. | |
| Design | 830. | 825. | 887.3 | 905.3 | 901.7 | 908.7 | 856.7 | 905. | 951.3 | 854.7 | |
| Divinity | 332.7 | 316. | 308. | 322.3 | 273.7 | 283.3 | 288. | 345.3 | 329.3 | 311. | |
| Education | 876. | 868. | 837.7 | 809. | 820. | 743.7 | 817. | 827.3 | 690.7 | 734.7 | |
| Government | 924.3 | 909. | 927.7 | 960. | 951.3 | 948. | 849.3 | 1,164.7 | 1,141.7 | 995. | |
| Law | 1,981. | 1,990. | 2,035. | 1,992. | 1,986. | 1,962. | 1,856.7 | 2,001. | 1,998. | 2,027. | |
| Medical | 809. | 830.3 | 844.3 | 881.7 | 941. | 1,026. | 1,080.7 | 1,117. | 1,110.7 | 1,105.7 | |
| Public Health | 826.3 | 914.7 | 768.7 | 806.7 | 742.3 | 697.7 | 644.3 | 730.3 | 770.7 | 752. | |
| Extension | Undergraduate | 363. | 405.7 | 458. | 449. | 461.6 | 473. | 507.3 | 471.3 | 415. | 344. |
| Graduate | 604.6 | 684. | 816.6 | 1,069.9 | 1,152.6 | 1,268.9 | 1,310.9 | 1,181.6 | 1,153.9 | 1,107.6 | |
| A.R.T.2 | 47. | 45. | 44. | 22. | 0. | 0. | 0. | 0. | 0. | 0. | |
| University Total | 20,380.6 | 20,653.6 | 20,954.3 | 21,359.9 | 21,574.2 | 21,886.6 | 20,049.9 | 22,583.5 | 22,679.5 | 22,163.5 | |
| Source: School Registrars. As of October 15th of each academic year. | |||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
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