Harvard University from Top Colleges In The World

The oldest higher learning institution in the USA, formed in 1636, is a private university- Harvard, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a school with the largest endowment in the world ($32 billion in September 2011). It teaches approximately 6700 undergraduates, while the number of graduate and professional students is about 14500. Eleven principal academic units constitute this prestigious institution : ten faculties and Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study. An average annual price of education for students on scholarship is $11500, while it is about $40 000 for those 60% of students who receive scholarship aid.