The Class of 2014 By The Numbers

by Rebecca D. Robbins, contributing analysis by Radhika Jain, Hana N. Rouse, Robert S. Samuels, and Justin C. Worland, produced by Angela C. Li

Post.Harvard
39%
hail from MA, NY, CA, or Washington, D.C.
64%
will live in MA, NY, CA, or Washington, D.C. after graduation
26%
will return to their home state
Starting salary by gender
Field by gender
Field next year vs. field in ten years
Working seniors going into consulting or finance by year
A Diverse Class
15%
identify as homosexual, bisexual, questioning, or other
Self-reported socioeconomic class by family income
38%
are agnostic or atheist
20.39%
of non-Hispanic white or European American seniors are legacies
4.52%
of students of all other ethnicities are legacies
Seniors who have felt marginalized because of their race at Harvard
Academics & Cheating
17%
admitted to cheating in academics at Harvard
5%
have gone before the Ad Board for a disciplinary issue at Harvard
12%
feel an honor code would have changed their approach to academic integrity at Harvard
Seniors who are recruited athletes are ...
2.8x
more likely to be economics concentrators
2x
more likely to be government concentrators
2x
more likely to admit to cheating in academics

... than seniors who were not recruited to play a varsity sport at Harvard
“Extracurriculars”
21%
are virgins
12%
have had 10 or more sexual partners
48%
of males watch porn multiple times a week
59%
of females have never watched porn at Harvard
81%
of male final club / fraternity members drink two or more times a week
60%
of female final club / sorority members drink two or more times a week
Frequency of alcohol consumption
1
Median number of dating partners during time at Harvard
2
Median number of sexual partners during time at Harvard
Mental Health & Sexual Assault
42%
have sought some form of mental health counseling at Harvard
Sexuality and mental health
37%
of heterosexual seniors have sought mental health counseling during their time at Harvard
67%
of homosexual, bisexual, questioning, or other seniors have sought mental health counseling during their time at Harvard
Satisfaction with help received from various mental health services
12%
of females were sexually assaulted at Harvard
2%
of males were sexually assaulted at Harvard
16%
of sexual assault victims reported their assault
Senior Citizens
80%
of seniors who voted in 2012 cast their ballot for Obama
Their politics
Political approval ratings
26%
of seniors going into finance are liberal or very liberal
59%
of conservative or very conservative seniors support same-sex marriage
91%
of seniors who use marijuana at least twice a semester support legalization
Future politicians and government workers
7%
of seniors going into government or politics 10 years from now have cheated at Harvard
39%
of seniors going into government or politics 10 years from now have used marijuana
Grading Harvard
Harvard approval ratings
Should Harvard divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies?
39%
of seniors who considered Harvard's investment in fossil fuels when asked to participate in Senior Gift did not give
16%
of seniors going into finance support Harvard's divestment
88%
were satisfied or very satisfied with their living arrangements
92%
would choose Harvard again