Harvard University Ivy League
Cambridge, MA · Site officiel ↗
Les étudiants internationaux doivent aussi prévoir un budget pour l'assurance santé, le visa et les frais de voyage, qui ne figurent pas ici.
Quick summary
| Cost per year | about $89,279 per year (tuition, housing, food, books — U.S. Department of Education figure) + flights and visa. Four years cost roughly four times this if prices stay the same; colleges usually raise prices every year. |
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| Money from the college | Need-based aid: yes, and asking for it does not hurt the application. Merit scholarships: none. No named scholarship is confirmed open to international students yet. |
| Chances of admission | extremely selective: about 1 in 27 applicants is admitted. Middle half of admitted students scored SAT 1510–1580. |
| Application deadlines | not yet determined |
| Where and how students live | Cambridge, MA · Midsize city · summer highs about 28°C, winter lows about -5°C · 9 km from BOS airport |
| Housing | not yet determined |
| Working while studying | not yet determined |
| After graduation | not yet determined |
Plain-language summary of the verified details below. Where it says “not yet determined”, we have not found it on an official page yet.
Aide financière et conditions pour les étudiants internationaux
| Aides et admission pour les candidats internationaux | Need-blind pour les candidats internationaux Demander une aide financière ne réduit pas les chances d'admission d'un candidat international. Sources (1)Cité dans la version originale anglaise du site de l'université. “Furthermore, admissions decisions are made without regard to whether an applicant has applied for financial aid, even if the applicant is a foreign citizen.”college.harvard.edu ↗ · vérifié le 2026-11-10 |
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| Couvre la totalité des besoins financiers | Oui — couvre la totalité des besoins démontrés des étudiants admisSources (1)Cité dans la version originale anglaise du site de l'université. “Our financial aid policies are the same for all applicants, regardless of nationality or citizenship. All aid is based on financial need, and admissions decisions are made without regard to whether an applicant has applied for financial assistance. Harvard meets each student’s demonstrated need.”college.harvard.edu ↗ · vérifié le 2026-11-10 |
| Bourses au mérite | Non — l'aide est fondée sur les besoins, pas sur le mériteSources (1)Cité dans la version originale anglaise du site de l'université. “There are no merit-based awards, and we have no preferential policies that give some students more attractive awards than others.”college.harvard.edu ↗ · vérifié le 2026-11-10 |
| Forms for international aid applicants | Not yet determined — consultez le site de l'université ↗ |
| Must request aid when applying? | Not yet determined — consultez le site de l'université ↗ |
| Politique SAT / ACT | SAT ou ACT obligatoireSources (1)Cité dans la version originale anglaise du site de l'université. “Harvard requires the SAT or ACT to meet its standardized testing requirement.”college.harvard.edu ↗ · vérifié le 2026-11-10 |
| Niveau d'anglais | Test de niveau d'anglais non requisSources (1)Cité dans la version originale anglaise du site de l'université. “First-year and transfer applicants are not required to take an English proficiency exam, but you may submit scores if you wish to do so.”college.harvard.edu ↗ · vérifié le 2026-11-10 |
| Conditional admission / English pathway | Not yet determined — consultez le site de l'université ↗ |
Deadlines (fall 2027 entry)
| Application deadlines | Not yet determined — consultez le site de l'université ↗ |
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| Financial aid deadline | Not yet determined — consultez le site de l'université ↗ |
Dates as published by the college; check the official page for time zones and supporting-document deadlines.
Costs for international students
| Student health insurance | Not yet determined — consultez le site de l'université ↗ |
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| Proof of funds for the I-20 | Not yet determined — consultez le site de l'université ↗ |
Earnings by field of study
| Field | After 1 year | After 4 years |
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| Statistics | — | $230,876 |
| Computer Science | $171,540 | $203,169 |
| Applied Mathematics | $145,554 | $170,689 |
| Economics | $120,683 | $155,592 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | $48,738 | $117,816 |
| Political Science and Government | $71,819 | $95,838 |
| Natural Sciences | — | $95,507 |
| Social Sciences, General | $55,717 | $78,996 |
| History | $54,630 | $70,679 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | $54,924 | $70,167 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | $60,764 | — |
| Sociology | $52,477 | — |
Median yearly earnings of graduates of this college's bachelor's programme in each field, 1 and 4 years after finishing. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (retrieved 2026-11-11). Only graduates who received U.S. federal student aid are counted, so international students are not included.
Lieu
| City / state | Cambridge, MA |
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| Setting | Midsize city |
| Nearest major airport | Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), about 9 km in a straight line |
| Map | View on OpenStreetMap ↗ |
Setting from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard); airport from OurAirports (public-domain data).
Climate
| Warmest month (juil.) | average high 28°C (82°F) |
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| Coldest month (janv.) | average low -5°C (23°F) |
| Precipitation per year | 1,107 mm |
| Snowfall per year | 125 cm |
Month by month
| janv. | févr. | mars | avr. | mai | juin | juil. | août | sept. | oct. | nov. | déc. | |
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| High °C | 3° | 4° | 8° | 14° | 19° | 25° | 28° | 27° | 23° | 17° | 11° | 6° |
| Low °C | -5° | -4° | 0° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 9° | 3° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 86 | 82 | 106 | 92 | 82 | 99 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 102 | 93 | 109 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at the Boston Logan Intl Ap, Ma Us weather station, about 9 km from campus. Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals.
Le coût, le taux d'admission, les fourchettes de scores aux tests et les revenus proviennent du College Scorecard du ministère américain de l'Éducation (consulté le 2026-11-11). La fourchette SAT additionne les scores par section aux 25e et 75e centiles ; elle est donc approximative. Les revenus du Scorecard concernent les bénéficiaires d'aides fédérales.