{"name":"Harvard University","slug":"harvard-university-39230496","url":"https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/harvard-university-39230496","country":"United States","country_code":"US","city":"Cambridge","type":"Private","founded":1636,"website":"http://www.harvard.edu/","summary":"Harvard was founded in 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest college in what became the United States. It was named after John Harvard, a minister who left the college his library and half of his estate. Over the 19th and 20th centuries it grew into a university with graduate and professional schools in Cambridge and Boston.","key_facts":[{"id":"rank","value":"#5","detail":"QS 2027","source":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"id":"tuition","value":"$54,269","detail":"per year, 2023"},{"id":"admission","value":"4.2%","detail":"2025"}],"sources":[{"label":"rank","url":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"label":"Official website","url":"http://www.harvard.edu/"},{"label":"Admissions","url":"https://college.harvard.edu/admissions"},{"label":"Financial aid","url":"https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid"},{"label":"Reference","url":"https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip"},{"label":"Official About page: founding 28 Oct 1636 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Harvard bequest","url":"https://www.harvard.edu/about/"},{"label":"Official Fact Book: 24,317 distinct students, fall 2025; 6,749 U.S. nonresident (percentage computed from these counts)","url":"https://oira.harvard.edu/factbook/fact-book-enrollment/"},{"label":"Wikipedia cross-check: history, type, motto","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University"}],"note":"Figures are as reported by the linked sources; confirm requirements with the university before applying."}