Harvard University Office of News and Public Affairs

Harvard at a Glance

Established
1636

Faculty
About 2497 non-medical faculty
And about 10,674 medical school faculty

Students
For academic year 2006-07
Undergraduates - 6,715
Graduate and professional students - 12,424
Extension - 975
Total - 20,042
(with 72 dual-degree students)

School color
crimson

Living alumni
More than 270,000

Nobel Laureates
43 current and former faculty members

Motto
Veritas
(Latin for "truth")

Real estate holdings
4938 acres

Library collection
More than 15.5 million volumes

Faculties
10 principal academic units; 9 faculties oversee 11 schools and colleges

Undergraduate cost
For academic year 2006-07
$30,275 Tuition
$ 9,946 Room and board
$ 3,434 Fees
$43,655 Total

Financial aid
For academic year 2006-07
$30,000 average undergraduate aid package

University Professors
20 ‘individuals of distinction’

President Drew Faust

Harvard University President
Drew Faust

University income
Fiscal Year 2006
$3 billion

University expenses
Fiscal Year 2006
$3 billion

Endowment
Fiscal Year 2007
$34.9 billion

Harvard seal Harvard Veritas shield with leaves circling a red shield with open books, each book has letters on it and together they spell Veritas

Naming Harvard
The name Harvard comes from the college's first benefactor, the young minister John Harvard of Charlestown. Upon his death in 1638, he left half his estate to the institution established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

More Information
These numbers come from many sources, including the Harvard University Fact Book and the Annual Financial Report to the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. The Frequently Asked Question about numbers and statistics links to additional sources.