Applying to Harvard - Admission Stats, Acceptance Ratio, Admission Yield

For the academic year 2024-2025, the acceptance rate is 3.65%. A total of 54,008 students (25,613 men and 28,372 women) have applied to and 1,970 (920 men and 1,050 women) students admitted to Harvard University.

Among them, 767 male and 880 female students have enrolled into Harvard and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 83.60%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.

At Harvard, 892 applicants (54% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 321 applicants (19%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees.

The average SAT score of those who submitted scores is 1,550 at Harvard. SAT 75^th percentile score is 1,580 and 25^th percentile score is 1,510.

The average ACT score is 35 (ACT Composite) . The 75^th percentile score of ACT is 36 and the 25^th percentile score is 34.

The following table shows the detailed SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at Harvard. You can check colleges having similar SAT score of Harvard with SAT percentile at colleges by average SAT score and percentile page.

For applying to Harvard University, applicants require to submit 4 item(s) - High School Record, Recommendations, Admission Test Scores, Personal statement or essay.

In addition, 8 item(s) are considered for admission - High School GPA, High School Rank, Completion of College Preparatory Program, Formal Demonstration of Competencies, English Proficiency Test, Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc), Work experience, Legacy status.