Harvard University (Harvard) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Cambridge, MA.
It offers 368 graduate programs - 176 Master's, 122 Doctorate, 52 Post-bachelor's, and 18 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $57,248.
A total of 21,415 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 30,259 students at Harvard. Harvard offers online graduate programs and 6,537 out of 21,415 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
Harvard have a law school and medical school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School. In addition, you can find Harvard's health profession programs at health professions information page.
Graduate Program Overview
For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $57,248. It offers 368 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | Harvard University |
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| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
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| Address | Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA |
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| Graduate School Students | 21,291 students
6,537 students enrolled online exclusively |
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| Tuition & Fees (2024-2025) | $57,248 |
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| Student to Faculty | 7:1 (14.29%) |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 368 Graduate Programs
176 Master's, 122 Doctorate, 70 Post graduate certificates |
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2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Harvard University
The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Harvard University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $57,248 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,739.
2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| Amounts |
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| Tuition | $55,656 |
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| Fees | $1,592 |
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| Cost per Credit | $1,739 |
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| Books & Supplies | $1,000 |
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| Room & Board | $21,190 (On-Campus) |
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| Personal Expenses | $5,449 (On-Campus) |
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| On-Campus Total | $84,887 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
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| Tuition & Fees | $50,654 | $52,170 | $53,760 | $55,440 | $57,248 |
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Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
Harvard University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 368 major areas - 176 Master's (3 online programs), 122 Doctorate, 52 Post-Bachelor's (50 online programs), 18 Post-Master's. 5,734 students have been conferred Master's degree and 1,556 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
| Master's | Doctorate |
Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's |
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| Total | 5,734 | 1,556 | 1,399 | 8 |
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| Men | 2,573 | 776 | 579 | 3 |
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| Women | 3,161 | 780 | 820 | 5 |
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Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree).
You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| Foreign Languages and Literatures | |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Linguistics | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Comparative Literature | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| German Language and Literature | 2 |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Modern Greek Language and Literature | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 2 |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| French Language and Literature | |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Latin Language and Literature | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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Graduate Student Population
Harvard graduate schools have a total of 21,291 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 9,660 male and 11,631 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 13,491 full-time and 7,800 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 6,537 students enrolled through online exclusively and 1,277 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 6,992 White, 1,168 Black, and 2,621 Asian students are attending at Harvard University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
79 grad students are younger than 22 and 3,689 students are older than 65. It has 11,657 students aged between 22 and 30 and 5,990 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 21,291 |
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| Men | 9,660 |
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| Women | 11,631 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 21,291 |
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| Full-time Students | 13,491 |
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| Part-time Students | 7,800 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 21,291 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 37 |
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| Asian | 2,621 |
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| Black | 1,168 |
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| Hispanic | 1,750 |
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Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander | 20 |
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| White | 6,992 |
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| Two or more races | 684 |
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| Un-Known | 1,429 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 21,291 |
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| 21 & Under | 79 |
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| 22-24 | 3,080 |
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| 25-29 | 8,577 |
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| 30-34 | 3,950 |
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| 35-39 | 2,040 |
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| 40 & Over | 3,689 |
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Online Population
At Harvard University graduate schools, 6,537 students enrolled online exclusively and 1,277 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 21,415 |
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| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 6,537 |
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| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 1,277 |
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| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 13,601 |
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Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 6,537 |
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| Massachusetts Resident | 1,446 |
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| Other State In U.S. | 3,834 |
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| Outside of U.S. | 1,257 |
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