Harvard Early Admissions
Harvard University received 7,921 applications to the Class of 2028 in the early round, accepting 692 for a rate of 9 percent. They accepted 722 or 7.56 percent of the 9,553 early applicants to the Class of 2027. The size of the Early Action pool decreased substantially (down 17 percent) and the acceptance rate increased from 7.56 percent for the Class of 2027 to 8.74 for the Class of 2028. Harvard admitted 740 or 7.87 percent of the 9,406 early applicants to the Class of 2026.
Early Applications Accepted | Total Early Applications Received | Early Acceptance Rate | Estimated Overall Enrollment | % of Class Filled by Early Admissions | |
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2028 | 692 | 7,921 | 8.74% | 1,650 | 41.92 |
2027 | 722 | 9,553 | 7.56% | 1,650 | 43.76 |
2026 | 740 | 9,406 | 7.87% | 1,650 | 44.85 |
2025 | 747 | 10,086 | 7.41% | 1,650 | 45.27 |
2024 | 895 | 6,424 | 13.9% | 1,670 | 43.83 |
2023 | 935 | 6,958 | 13.44% | 1,670 | 55.99 |
2022 | 964 | 6,630 | 14.54% | 1,670 | 57.72 |
2021 | 938 | 6,473 | 14.49% | 1,700 | 56.17 |
2020 | 918 | 6,173 | 14.87% | 1,700 | 54 |
2019 | 977 | 5,919 | 16.51% | 1,700 | 57.47 |
2018 | 992 | 4,692 | 21.14% | 1,700 | 58.35 |
2017 | 1,237 | 4,193 | 29.50% | ||
2016 | 1,171 | 3,609 | 32.45% | ||
2015 | 1,215 | 3,456 | 35.16% | ||
2014 | 1,176 | 3,594 | 32.72% | ||
2013 | 1,249 | 3,405 | 36.68% | ||
2012 | 2,228 | 16,538 | 13.47% |
Harvard Regular Decision Admissions
Harvard accepted 3.41 percent of applicants to its Class of 2027. This year, Harvard received a total of 56,937 applications compared to 61,221 for the Class of 2026. With 1,942 admitted students to the Class of 2027, the rate of admission increased from 3.24 percent to 3.41 percent for the combined SCEA and regular decision.
Harvard’s SCEA admit rate of 7.56 percent for the early round only is substantially higher than the regular decision acceptance rate of 2.57 percent. In the early round, Harvard University received 9,553 applications and accepted 722 students.
In previous years, Harvard received a total of 61,221 applications to the Class of 2026 and 57,.786 to the Class of 2025.
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Regular Decision Applications Accepted | Regular Decision Applications Received | Regular Decision Admissions Acceptance Rate | |
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2028 | NA | NA | NA |
2027 | 1,220 | 47,384 | 2.57% |
2026 | 1,214 | 51,814 | 2.34% |
2025 | 1,221 | 47,349 | 2.58% |
2024 | 1,085 | 33,824 | 3.21% |
2023 | 1,015 | 36,372 | 2.79% |
2022 | 998 | 36,119 | 2.76% |
2021 | 1,118 | 33,033 | 3.38% |
2020 | 1,119 | 32,868 | 3.40% |
2019 | 1,013 | 31,386 | 3.23% |
2018 | 1,751 | 17,618 | 9.94% |
2017 | 1,134 | 30,167 | 3.76% |
2016 | 1,260 | 30,057 | 4.19% |
Early & Regular Decision Applications Accepted | Early & Regular Decision Applications Received | Early & Regular Decision Admissions Acceptance Rate | |
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2028 | NA | NA | NA |
2027 | 1,942 | 56,937 | 3.41% |
2026 | 1,954 | 61,220 | 3.19% |
2025 | 1,968 | 57,435 | 3.43% |
2024 | 1,980 | 40,248 | 4.92% |
2023 | 1,950 | 43,330 | 4.50% |
2022 | 1,962 | 42,749 | 4.59% |
2021 | 2,056 | 39,506 | 5.20% |
2020 | 2,037 | 39,041 | 5.22% |
2019 | 1,990 | 37,305 | 5.33% |
2018 | 2,023 | 34,295 | 5.90% |
2017 | 2,029 | 35,023 | 5.79% |
2016 | 2,076 | 34,303 | 6.05% |
2015 | 2,188 | 34,950 | 6.26% |
2014 | 2,205 | 30,489 | 7.23% |
2013 | 2,175 | 29,114 | 7.47% |
2012 | 2,175 | 27,462 | 7.92% |
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