| Colonial Nine Colleges: Some Comparisons | ||||||||
| Graduates | % | % | ||||||
| College | Founded | Location | 1769-75 | Per Year | Ministers | Ministers | Loyalists | |
| Harvard | 1636 | Cambridge, Mass. | 308 | 46 | ? | 16% | ||
| William & Mary | 1693 | Williamsburg, Va. | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Yale | 1701 | New Haven, Ct. | 188 | 27 | 68 | 36% | 10% | |
| College of New Jersey | 1746 | Princeton, NJ | 150 | 21 | 72 | 48% | 2% | |
| King’s College | 1754 | New York, N.Y. | 44 | 6 | 2 | 5% | >50% | |
| College of Philadelphia | 1755 | Philadelphia, Pa. | 50 | 7 | 6 | 12% | 25% | |
| College of Rhode Island | 1766 | Providence, RI | 44 | 6 | 14 | 32% | <10% | |
| Queen’s College | 1768 | New Brunswick, NJ | 15 | 7 | 2 | 13% | <10% | |
| Dartmouth | 1769 | Hanover, NH | 31 | 6 | 23 | 74% | <10% | |
| 830 | 126 | 187 | ||||||