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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]W&M is older than several Ivys - founded in 1693, I think.

UVa says founded 1819, but I think classes did not start that year.

VT is much newer, created explicitly to be the land-grant university. [/quote]

W&M is the second oldest school in the country![/quote]

Oldest university.[/quote]

No, Harvard is the oldest, 1636[/quote]

Wrong.

Harvard University, founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Originally established as "New College" to train Puritan clergy, it was later renamed for its first benefactor, John Harvard.

Key Details About Early American Higher Education:
Oldest Institution: Harvard University (1636).
Second Oldest: The College of William & Mary (1693) in Virginia.
First Public University: The University of North Carolina, chartered in 1789 and holding its first classes in 1795.
Context: While Harvard is the oldest in what is now the U.S., the oldest university in the Americas is the University of Santo Domingo (1538) in the Dominican Republic. 
Top 5 Oldest Colleges in the U.S. (by founding year):
Harvard University (1636)
College of William & Mary (1693)
St. John's College (1696)
Yale University (1701)
University of Pennsylvania (1740) 
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