Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University says, "The Program in General Education is the cornerstone of the Harvard College curriculum. Focusing on urgent problems and enduring questions, Gen Ed courses are unusually explicit in connecting the subjects you study to the people you will become and the world beyond the classroom. Transcending disciplinary divisions, they demonstrate the value of embedding what you will learn in your concentrations within the broader context of the liberal arts." [Source]

Website: http://www.harvard.edu/

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8,527
Undergraduate
Enrollment

86%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$54,002
Tuition & Fees
(annually)

7:1
Student to Faculty Ratio

1.1%
Student Loan Default Rate

General Education Requirements

Composition

YES

Literature

Foreign Language

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

Science

YES

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

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OASES of Excellence

Program on Constitutional Government

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Curriculum last evaluated: 1/13/2021

2019-20 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.