Admissions and Financial Aid

Part II of The Crimson's Class of 2017 Survey examines admissions and financial aid at Harvard. According to reports from the survey, the average Harvard freshman receives financial aid, comes from a household that earns between $125,000 and $250,000 per year, and scored a 2237 on the SAT. Average standardized test scores varied by ethnicity and income, as well as varsity status—recruited athletes, on average, scored 173 points lower on the SATs than their non-recruited classmates.

About 14 percent of the incoming freshman said their families earn above $500,000 per year, putting them among the top 1 percent of earners in the United States.

Read Part II of The Crimson's four-part series on the freshman survey here.