Harvard University Floats $1.65 Billion Upcoming Debt Sale

  • Ivy League school plans to sell debt in March and April
  • Bonds will be both taxable and tax-exempt, filing says
Students on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Photographer: Mel Musto/Bloomberg
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Harvard University is considering the sale of as much as $1.65 billion of bonds, marking the latest Ivy League school to issue debt this year, and potentially providing signs of how it’s financially faring after months of turmoil over allegations of antisemitism on campus.

The university is planning to borrow as much as $750 million of taxable fixed-rate bonds the week of March 4 and $900 million of tax-exempt bonds in April, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.