Davidson College

Davidson, NC · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
12.6%
1,127 admitted
SAT · 50th
1460
Range 1410–1500
6-yr grad
89.5%
Retention 96.0%
Undergrads
1,860
8.08:1 S-F
Admissions
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12.6%
1,127 admitted
from 8,932 apps
Applications8,932
Overall admit rate12.6%
Enrolled531 · 47.1% yield
Admitted from waitlist28 of 1,968
Very important factorsCharacter, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1460
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1410–1500 · 25.4% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W710740755
Math695720760
Comp141014601500
ACT
255075
Comp323334
Cost & aid
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$73,090
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$73,090
Fees$650
Room & board$19,400
Books$825
Avg need-based grant$64,305
% need met100.0%
Academics
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8.08 : 1
student-faculty ratio
96.0% retention
Student-faculty8.08 : 1
Retention96.0%
4-year graduation85.6%
6-year graduation89.5%
Enrollment
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1,860
undergraduates
52 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,860
First-year531
Transfer17
Full-time100%
Female53%
International (freshmen)52
Rankings
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#10
WSJ/College Pulse
Best Colleges in the U.S.
SourceListRankYr
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#1026
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#1326
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#1426
NicheBest Colleges in America#3526
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#4526
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#4726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#5926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceAtlantic 10 Conference9
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNorth Carolina colleges12
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early decisionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyIf applicant wants test scores to be considered as part of their admission application, scores must be submitted by the application due date.
Admissions URLwww.davidson.edu
Admissions emailadmission@davidson.edu
Admissions phone894-2000
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Washington and Lee…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Washington and Lee University VA · Private (nonprofit)13.5%14801K
Wake Forest University NC · Private (nonprofit)21.6%14505K
Furman University SC · Private (nonprofit)48.7%13502K
William & Mary VA · Public37.0%1450—
Colgate University NY · Private (nonprofit)17.5%14803K
University of Richmond VA · Private (nonprofit)22.2%1440—
Sewanee — The University of the South TN · Private (nonprofit)—12901K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Davidson College

5 years of Davidson College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.