Here's what Harvard's class of 2020 will look like

At roughly 5 p.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of anxious high schoolers found out if they were accepted into the Ivy League.

From a pool of 39,041 applicants, Harvard accepted 2,037 students for an acceptance rate of 5.2% - lower than last year's 5.33%.

Here's what they incoming class of 2020 will look like, according to an announcement from the school.

Race/Ethnic breakdown

The acceptances for Asian-American and African-American students were the highest in the school's history.

• Asian-American - 22.1%
• African-American - 14%
• Latino - 12.7%
• Native American - 2.2%
• Native Hawaiians - .4%

Gender

• Men - 51.6%
• Women - 48.4%

Intended major

• social sciences - 21.9%
• biological sciences - 18.9%
• humanities - 16.9%
• engineering - 14%
• math- 7.5%
• physical sciences- 7.3%
• computer science- 7.2%
• undecided- 6.4%

Geography

• New England and Mid-Atlantic States - 39%
• West Coast - 20%
• South - 18%
• Midwest - 11%
• US territories and abroad - 12%

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