The number of students starting in Ivy League schools for the Class of 2028 (those beginning in the Fall of 2024), varied from school to school. Cornell University had the largest Class of 2028 among the Ivy League schools, with 3,574 enrolled students.

In Columbia University's Class of 2028 (students beginning in the fall of 2024), 17 percent of students were international students. This is compared to Harvard University, where 18 percent of incoming students were international students.

Across the Ivy League, more females than males tended to be enrolled in the Class of 2028 (those entering in the Fall of 2024). At Columbia University, 51 percent of the freshman class in Fall 2024 (the Class of 2028) was female, compared to 47 percent of male students and two percent of students who identified as transgender or non-binary.

The share of first-generation students (those who are the first in their family to attend college) in Ivy League schools varied from school to school. For the Class of 2028 (students beginning university in the Fall of 2024), 19.5 percent of Cornell University's freshman class were first-generation college students.

Ivy League schools typically receive thousands of applications. For the Class of 2028 (students beginning university in the fall of 2024), Harvard University received 54,008 applications. For the same class, the acceptance rate at Harvard was 3.59 percent, meaning only 3.59 percent of these applications were accepted into the Class of 2028.

This statistic illustrates the share of legacy students in Ivy League schools in the Class of 2023. In the Class of 2023 (students beginning university in the fall of 2019), 14.6 percent of the students at Harvard University were legacy students.

In 2023, the University of Pennsylvania had the highest four-year graduation rate of all Ivy League schools, at 88 percent. Cornell University followed closely behind, with an 87 percent four-year graduation rate.

In 2022, 65.9 percent of students at Princeton University applied for need-based aid, more than any other Ivy League school in the United States. In comparison, 48.8 percent of students at the University of Pennsylvania applied for need-based aid in that year.

Ivy League universities are known to be incredibly selective in their admissions processes. Harvard University's acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 (students beginning university in the fall of 2024) was the most selective, with a 3.59 percent acceptance rate, followed by Yale University with a 3.7 percent acceptance rate.

In the fall of 2021, 96 percent of full-time students who studied at Harvard University during the 2020-2021 school year returned for the academic year 2021-2022. At Dartmouth College, 98 percent of students returned for the 2021-2022 school year.

In the academic year of 2024/2025, tuition at Columbia University cost 71,845 U.S. dollars, including mandatory fees, while room and board amounted to 17,580 U.S. dollars, making it the most expensive school in the Ivy League. Brown University followed closely behind, with tuition and mandatory fees of 71,412 U.S. dollars and room and board of 17,444 U.S. dollars.

In the academic year of 2021-2022, Yale University awarded 1,420 Bachelor's degrees. Cornell University awarded the most Bachelor's degrees in that year, at 3,775 degrees.

In the academic year 2023/24, there were 331,602 international students from India studying in the United States. International students The majority of international students studying in the United States are originally from India and China, totaling 331,602 students and 277,398 students respectively in the 2023/24 school year. In 2022/23, there were 467,027 international graduate students , which accounted for over one third of the international students in the country. Typically, engineering and math & computer science programs were among the most common fields of study for these students. The United States is home to many world-renowned schools, most notably, the Ivy League Colleges which provide education that is sought after by both foreign and local students. International students and college Foreign students in the United States pay some of the highest fees in the United States, with an average of 24,914 U.S. dollars. American students attending a college in New England paid an average of 14,900 U.S. dollars for tuition alone and there were about 79,751 international students in Massachusetts . Among high-income families, U.S. students paid an average of 34,700 U.S. dollars for college, whereas the average for all U.S. families reached only 28,026 U.S. dollars. Typically, 40 percent of families paid for college tuition through parent income and savings, while 29 percent relied on grants and scholarships.

In the fiscal year of 2021, Harvard University awarded over 600 million U.S. dollars in student grants to its students. In that same year, the University of Pennsylvania awarded about 362.8 million U.S. dollars in grants to its students.

In Harvard University's Class of 2025, 46.8 percent of Hispanic or Latinx students were first-generation college students. A further 25.6 percent of South Asian students at Harvard in the Class of 2025 were first-generation students.

In 2022, students who graduated from Cornell University had an average student debt of 28,408 U.S. dollars, making them the most indebted class in the Ivy League. This is compared to Princeton University, where the average student debt was 12,500 U.S. dollars.

In the fall of 2021, there were 2,130 full-time instructional members of staff at Harvard University. Columbia University had the most full-time instructional staff in the same year, with 4,484 members of staff.

In the fall of 2022, 852 undergraduate students at Harvard University were Hispanic or Latino. This compares to 2,436 White undergraduate students.

Harvard University, one of the leading universities in the United States, receives thousands of applications each year. For the Class of 2027 (students beginning in the fall of 2023), Harvard received 56,937 applications.

This statistic shows the number of undergraduate students at Yale University in fall 2020, by gender and ethnicity. In that year, 199 male undergraduate students and 229 female undergraduate students were Black or African American.