Enrollment Trends at Harvard

The student population at Harvard University is 30,631 (9,368 undergraduate and 21,263 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,389 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Harvard is 30.58% which is decreased by 1,166 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,555 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

6,923 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 389.26% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 30,330 where 30,631 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

30.58% of total students is undergraduate students and 69.42% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,166 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,555 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Harvard than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Harvard University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28,242	10,534	5,268	5,266	17,708	9,182	8,526
2014-15	28,791 549	10,338 -196	5,261 -7	5,077 -189	18,453 745	9,561 379	8,892 366
2015-16	29,652 861	10,255 -83	5,206 -55	5,049 -28	19,397 944	9,982 421	9,415 523
2016-17	29,908 256	9,915 -340	5,109 -97	4,806 -243	19,993 596	10,181 199	9,812 397
2017-18	31,120 1,212	9,965 50	5,101 -8	4,864 58	21,155 1,162	10,815 634	10,340 528
2018-19	31,566 446	9,950 -15	5,020 -81	4,930 66	21,616 461	10,821 6	10,795 455
2019-20	31,655 89	10,063 113	4,950 -70	5,113 183	21,592 -24	10,717 -104	10,875 80
2020-21	30,391 -1,264	8,527 -1,536	4,152 -798	4,375 -738	21,864 272	10,357 -360	11,507 632
2021-22	31,345 954	9,579 1,052	4,697 545	4,882 507	21,766 -98	10,081 -276	11,685 178
2022-23	30,631 -714	9,368 -211	4,498 -199	4,870 -12	21,263 -503	9,709 -372	11,554 -131
Average	30,330	9,849	4,926	4,923	20,481	10,141	10,340

Harvard University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,849 where 9,368 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Harvard University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,534	7,240	3,786	3,454	3,294	1,482	1,812
2014-15	10,338	7,200	3,831	3,369	3,138	1,430	1,708
2015-16	10,255	7,183	3,787	3,396	3,072	1,419	1,653
2016-17	9,915	7,151	3,818	3,333	2,764	1,291	1,473
2017-18	9,965	7,147	3,732	3,415	2,818	1,369	1,449
2018-19	9,950	7,210	3,707	3,503	2,740	1,313	1,427
2019-20	10,063	7,148	3,627	3,521	2,915	1,323	1,592
2020-21	8,527	5,699	2,796	2,903	2,828	1,356	1,472
2021-22	9,579	7,483	3,714	3,769	2,096	983	1,113
2022-23	9,368	7,516	3,611	3,905	1,852	887	965
Average	9,849	9,849	3,641	3,457	9,849	1,285	1,466

Harvard University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 20,481 where 21,263 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Harvard University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,708	13,113	6,793	6,320	4,595	2,389	2,206
2014-15	18,453	13,230	6,822	6,408	5,223	2,739	2,484
2015-16	19,397	13,385	6,854	6,531	6,012	3,128	2,884
2016-17	19,993	13,440	6,789	6,651	6,553	3,392	3,161
2017-18	21,155	13,771	6,976	6,795	7,384	3,839	3,545
2018-19	21,616	13,796	6,826	6,970	7,820	3,995	3,825
2019-20	21,592	13,940	6,815	7,125	7,652	3,902	3,750
2020-21	21,864	13,331	6,404	6,927	8,533	3,953	4,580
2021-22	21,766	13,677	6,438	7,239	8,089	3,643	4,446
2022-23	21,263	13,690	6,326	7,364	7,573	3,383	4,190
Average	20,481	20,481	6,704	6,833	20,481	3,436	3,507

Harvard University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.24% and the percentage of black students is 6.34% at Harvard University. 14.41% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Harvard University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	52	3,642	1,440	1,984	28	12,686	959
2014-15	56	4,227	1,485	2,263	28	13,136	1,046
2015-16	59	3,962	1,516	2,281	23	12,853	1,080
2016-17	67	4,051	1,578	2,406	30	12,690	1,128
2017-18	54	4,584	1,683	2,629	37	13,183	1,188
2018-19	69	4,348	1,765	2,713	34	13,092	1,216
2019-20	68	4,345	1,893	2,915	31	12,647	1,263
2020-21	60	4,153	1,994	2,876	36	12,074	1,198
2021-22	55	4,270	1,948	2,837	32	10,832	1,332
2022-23	59	4,414	1,941	2,823	38	10,182	1,321
Average	60	4,200	1,724	2,573	32	12,338	1,173

Harvard University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,923 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 389.26% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Harvard University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	28,791	1,415	782	26,594
2015-16	29,652	2,032	1,049	26,571
2016-17	29,908	2,698	1,187	26,023
2017-18	31,120	3,244	1,356	26,520
2018-19	31,566	4,087	1,594	25,885
2019-20	31,655	4,185	1,630	25,840
2020-21	30,391	27,933	1,648	810
2021-22	31,345	10,495	1,434	19,416
2022-23	30,631	6,923	1,962	21,746
Average	30,562	7,001	1,405	22,156

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