Which of these is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United State?

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with about 6,700 undergraduate students and about 13,100 postgraduate students. Established in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, clergyman John Harvard, Harvard is the United States' oldest institution of higher learning. Its history, influence, wealth, and academic reputation have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Harvard's alumni include eight U.S. presidents, more than thirty foreign heads of state, 188 living billionaires, 364 Rhodes Scholars, and 252 Marshall Scholars.

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kite005

Don't be upset? I'm upset!

ninakamwene

docluci, Good job! My college mate is a professor there in Microbiology and Virology. Missed it.

docluci

I loved being a student there and count it as one of the best and most formative experiences of my life. Not only have I been successful in my careers, but I have a inquisitive mind that was encouraged and a broad base of interests staring with the diversity of courses which went deeply into the subjects. I could go on, but I am who I am today because of time spent there!!!!!

Howard Groopman

Harvard 1636. Learned this 6 decades ago and never forgot.

Jaimi McEntire

@irma rivera - that's Oxford University.

Elsy O. Stromberg

Irma Rivera, Where are you coming from? Harvard is not older than the Aztecs. Was founded in 1636, long after the Aztecs. Aztecs existed before Columbus came in case you don't know.