Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

We documented 127 protests at Harvard University between Sep 2012 and Apr 2018, drawing roughly 57,493 participants.

Data from NCES IPEDS, 2018. To find recent institutional data, visit the IPEDS website or the NCES College Navigator.

Institution

Institution typePrivate nonprofit, 4-year or above

Carnegie classificationDoctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

CountyMiddlesex County

Locale typeCity: Midsize

Total number of students40,803

Number of undergraduate students14,340

Acceptance rate4.7%

Nonwhite students59.9%

Pell grant recipients17.0%

STEM degrees (share of all degrees)15.6%

Tuition$46,340

Revenue (total)$7.81B

Expenses (total)$5.02B

Endowment assets (billions $)24.34

All staff19,035

Full-time professors (faculty status)2,156

Part-time instructors335

Graduate student teaching assistants (part-time)1,285

Women instructors35.8%

Nonwhite instructors30.6%

UNITE HERE Local 26 strike campaign for wages and benefits for Harvard dining workers, 2015-2016 (9)
Divest Harvard campaign for fossil fuel divestment, 2012-2016 (8)
Harvard University Heat Week for fossil fuel divestment, 2015 (7)
"One Harvard" student campaign in solidarity with UNITE HERE Local 26's striking dining workers, 2016 (7)
Reclaim Harvard Law campaign against racial injustice on the campus, 2015-2016 (4)
Harvard University campaign against custodial contract job terminations, 2013 (2)
Divest Harvard two-day campaign for fossil fuel divestment, 2014 (2)
Harvard Graduate Students Union-UAW campaign for grad student unionization, 2016 (2)
Harvard University campaign against a campus visit by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, 2018 (2)
Campaign at Harvard University around Other Anti-Racist Issue in April 2018 (2)
Carrying That Weight Together protests, carrying mattresses, to oppose sexual violence and university inaction, in NYC and across the U.S. and Canada, 2014-2015 (1)