10 interesting things about Harvard University

ITT – The excellence in long-standing education and research at Harvard University (USA) have created a long list of famous former students. Though, not everyone knows about the university. Here are 10 interesting things about Harvard University that Boggling Facts “discovered” out.

1. Harvard University has more than 360.000 former students spreading throughout the world.
2. As one of the highest placements, Harvard University received only about 6% of the total application forms.
3. The average starting salary of graduated student of Harvard is $ 60.000.
4. There have been eight US presidents who graduated from Harvard, it was John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama Rutherford Hayes.

   

5. John Harvard, a symbol of the school, donated the entire collection of 400 books and half of his property for the university.
6. In 2013, Harvard’s financial aid to students reached a new record of 182 million.
7. The university was founded in 1636 and was the very first university in the US.
8. Among those who signed the Declaration of the United States Independence, there were 8 people who graduated from Harvard.
9. The university has been started teaching students before analytic subject was born.
10. 38% of Harvard University students have no religious affiliation.