Learning Sciences at Harvard University

If you plan to study learning sciences, take a look at what Harvard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Learning Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard Learning Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Learning Sciences

Harvard Learning Sciences Rankings

Learning Sciences Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the learning sciences majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Learning Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of learning sciences master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in learning sciences each year. Harvard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

In the learning sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in learning sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	81
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Related Majors

• Educational Evaluation & Research

Careers That Learning Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in learning sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Education Professors	1,890	$76,230
Social Sciences Professors	600	$92,670
Education, Training, and Library Workers	570	$55,150
Social Scientists	430	$80,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.