Editing Harvard University (section)

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
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| Forbes = 8
| THE_WSJ = 6
| USNWR_NU = 3 
| Wamo_NU = 1
<!-- Global rankings -->| ARWU_W = 1
| QS_W = 4
| THES_W = 3
| USNWR_W = 1
}}Harvard University is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Massachusetts Institutions |url=https://www.neche.org/institutions/ma/ |access-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817130729/https://www.neche.org/institutions/ma/ |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |url-status=live |publisher=[[New England Commission of Higher Education]]}}</ref> Since its founding in 2003, the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' has ranked Harvard first in each of its annual rankings of the world's colleges and universities. Similarly, the ''[[Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings]]'', which was published from 2004 to 2009, ranked Harvard first in the world in each of its annual rankings. Since then, Harvard has been ranked first in the world each year since 2011 by its successor, the ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/reputation-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only|magazine=[[Times Higher Education]]|title=World Reputation Rankings 2016|year=2016|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=March 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305000224/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/reputation-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only|url-status=live}}</ref>

Harvard was also ranked in the first tier of American research universities, along with Columbia, MIT, and Stanford, in the 2023 report from the [[Center for Measuring University Performance]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Lombardi|first1=John V.|last2=Abbey|first2=Craig W.|last3=Craig|first3=Diane D. |first4=Lynne N. |last4=Collis |date=2021 |title=The Top American Research Universities: 2023 Annual Report|url=https://mup.umass.edu/sites/default/files/annual_report_2020.pdf|access-date=November 23, 2023|website=mup.umass.edu|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121030323/https://mup.umass.edu/sites/default/files/annual_report_2020.pdf}}</ref>

Among rankings of specific indicators, Harvard topped both the [[University Ranking by Academic Performance]] in 2019–20 and ''[[Mines ParisTech: Professional Ranking of World Universities]]'' in 2011, which measured universities' numbers of alumni holding CEO positions in [[Fortune Global 500|''Fortune'' Global 500]] companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Ranking |url=https://www.urapcenter.org/Rankings/2019-2020/world-2019 |website=University Ranking by Academic Performance |access-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218074911/https://www.urapcenter.org/Rankings/2019-2020/world-2019 }}</ref> According to annual polls done by [[The Princeton Review]], Harvard is consistently among the top two most commonly named dream colleges in the United States for both students and their parents<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release|title=College Hopes & Worries Press Release|publisher=The Princeton Review |year=2016|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919064436/http://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/princeton-reviews-2012-college-hopes--worries-survey-reports-on-10650-students--parents-top-10-dream-colleges-and-application-perspectives-144338495.html|title=Princeton Review's 2012 "College Hopes & Worries Survey" Reports on 10,650 Students' & Parents' Top 10 "Dream Colleges" and Application Perspectives|publisher=The Princeton Review |year=2012|access-date=December 10, 2019|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210172634/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/princeton-reviews-2012-college-hopes--worries-survey-reports-on-10650-students--parents-top-10-dream-colleges-and-application-perspectives-144338495.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |year=2019 |title=2019 College Hopes & Worries Press Release |language=en-US |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release |url-status=live |access-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007224857/https://www.princetonreview.com/press/college-hopes-worries-press-release |archive-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickler |first=Jessica |date=2024-03-05 |title=Harvard is back on top as college hopefuls' ultimate 'dream' school, despite recent turmoil |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/05/harvard-is-the-no-1-dream-school-princeton-review-poll-finds.html |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=April 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410052231/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/05/harvard-is-the-no-1-dream-school-princeton-review-poll-finds.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, Harvard's [[Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences|engineering school]] was ranked the third-best school in the world for engineering and technology by ''[[Times Higher Education]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=contact |first=Press |date=February 11, 2019 |title=Harvard is #3 in World University Engineering Rankings |language=en-US |url=https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2019/02/harvard-3-world-university-engineering-rankings |url-status=live |access-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210213722/https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2019/02/harvard-3-world-university-engineering-rankings |archive-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>

In [[international relations]], ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine ranks Harvard best in the world at the undergraduate level and second in the world at the graduate level, behind the [[Walsh School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best International Relations Schools in the World |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/20/top-fifty-schools-international-relations-foreign-policy/ |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=January 19, 2023 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129011647/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/20/top-fifty-schools-international-relations-foreign-policy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Harvard University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?166027-Harvard-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 8, 2022|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122224104/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?166027-Harvard-University|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|36|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|21|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other<ref group="Notes">Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] and those who prefer not to say.</ref>
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]<ref group="Notes">The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.</ref>
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]<ref group="Notes">The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] or wealthier.</ref>
|align=right| {{bartable|82|%|2||background:black}}
|}