Instant Alert: Here's what Harvard's class of 2021 will look like

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Here's what Harvard's class of 2021 will look like by Abby Jackson on Mar 31, 2017, 2:40 PM At roughly 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of anxious high schoolers found out if they were accepted into the Ivy League. From a pool of 39,506 applicants, Harvard accepted 2,056 students for an acceptance rate of 5.2%. Here's what the incoming class of 2021 will look like, according to an announcement from the school. SEE ALSO: RANKED: Ivy League universities from most to least selective Gender • Men — 50.8% • Women — 49.2%  Race and Ethnicity • Asian-American — 22.2% • African-American — 14.6% • Latino — 11.6% • Native American — 1.9% • Native Hawaiian — .5%  1st Generation Students — 15.1% Geography • Mid-Atlantic States — 21.4% • South — 18.7% • New England — 16.5% • Pacific — 15.7% • Midwest/Central/Mountain — 15% • US Territories and Abroad — 11.7% See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011