Oldest Colleges

The 15 Oldest Colleges in the United States are as follows:

• Harvard University
• Yale University
• University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1740 as a charity school, chartered as the College and Academy of Philadelphia in 1755)
• College of William and Mary
• St. John’s College, at Annapolis
• University of Delaware
• Moravian College
• Princeton University (College of New Jersey from 1746 to 1896)
• Columbia University
• Washington and Lee University
• Brown University
• Rutgers University
• Dartmouth College
• College of Charleston
• Salem College in North Carolina