The Best Universities in America

Harvard University

• Dating back to 1636, Harvard is one of the oldest universities in the U.S. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard has more than 20,000 students: 13,600 graduate students and 6,700 undergraduates. The university is also home to 2,100 faculty members. In 2009, Harvard was placed first in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of U.S. universities and first among international universities by the QS World University rankings. It has a total of 14 different schools, including Business, Continuing Education, Dental, Design, Medicine, Divinity, Education, Law, Engineering, Government, Public Health, Graduate and College. The university has what it describes as the largest academic library in the world and the second largest library in the U.S. Famous alumni include U.S presidents Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama. In 2010, a year's tuition at Harvard cost $48,868 including room and board and student service fees.

  Harvard University
  Massachusetts Hall
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-1000
  harvard.edu

Princeton University

• Established in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest higher education institution in the U.S. The university is home to 1,100 faculty members, 5,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students. Princeton has 34 different departments offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs in humanities, social sciences, natural science and engineering. In 2009, Princeton was ranked joint-first with Harvard in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of U.S. universities. The university's library features more than 6.9 million books, in addition to a huge electric database of journals. Famous Princeton alumni include U.S presidents Woodrow Wilson, James Madison and John F. Kennedy. The estimated cost of tuition for 2009 according to the university is $50,620, including room and board.

  Princeton University
  Princeton, NJ 08544
  (609) 258-3000
  princeton.edu

Yale University

• Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, was founded in 1701, making it the third-oldest university in the U.S. In 2010, the university had 5,200 undergraduate students and 6,169 graduate students, of which 1,872 were international. Yale is also home to more than 3,600 faculty members spread across 10 different schools: Architecture, Art, Divinity, Drama, Forestry and Environmental Studies, Law, Management, Medicine, Music, and Nursing. According to U.S. News & World Report, Yale is third in the list of best universities in the U.S., after Harvard and Princeton. As a campus-based university, Yale is set on its own 310 acres of land, which includes 260 buildings with a range of architectural styles from Colonial to Victorian Gothic. The university's library houses some 12.6 million bound publications and 96,721 periodical subscriptions as of 2009. Famous Yale alumni include presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and politicians John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman. In 2010, a year's tuition at Yale cost $49,800, including room and board and student service fees.

  Yale University
  246 Church St
  New Haven, CT 06520-8321
  203-432-2334
  yale.edu