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Brown
Harvard

Academics

Academics

How these colleges teach, spend per student, and what their graduates major in.

Faculty

Students per faculty member
Brown6 to 1
Harvard7 to 1
Full-time faculty share
Brown92%
Harvard87%
Average faculty salary
Brown$160,855
Harvard$223,353

Spending and endowment

Instruction spending per student
Brown$42,520
Harvard$51,780
Endowment per student
Brown$595,848
Harvard$1,742,218
Tuition share of core revenue
Brown23%
Harvard13%

Degrees awarded

Bachelor's degrees awarded
Brown1,904
Harvard2,158
Most popular majors
Brown

Computer Science 13% · Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 12% · Applied Mathematics, General 10%

Harvard

Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 13% · Computer Science 10% · Social Sciences, General 7%

Your major

Pick a field of study to see which of these colleges award bachelor's degrees in it, how many, and what graduates earn .

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent releaseAbout the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

All academics numbers in the table

Sources:IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent releaseAbout the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why