About the School
Founded in 1636, Harvard University is a private Ivy League university with an endowment over $40 billion. It is the oldest institution of higher education in New England. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, its 5,706-acre urban campus is just 3 miles outside Boston. Enrollment is approximately 6,500 undergraduate and 14,000 graduate students. It has an acceptance rate of less than 5%. Harvard University is in the Ivy League Conference in the NCAA Division 1. There are also club and intramural sports on campus. There is no “Greek Life” (fraternities and sororities) on campus. Harvard University has a Catholic Center located just outside campus near St. Paul’s Parish, as well as a Thomistic Institute chapter and FOCUS ministry.