Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
28.2%
2,785 admitted
SAT · 50th
1380
Range 1330–1430
6-yr grad
84.0%
Retention 90.2%
Undergrads
1,808
9:1 S-F
Admissions
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47.6% / 46.8%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications9,881
Overall admit rate28.2%
In-state admit rate47.6%
Out-of-state admit rate46.8%
Enrolled477 · 17.1% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Character, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, First-gen, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1380
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1330–1430 · 25.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W660695730
Math650680733
Comp133013801430
ACT
255075
Comp303233
Cost & aid
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$70,566
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$70,566
Fees$438
Room & board$16,188
Books$800
Avg need-based grant$55,837
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$32,863
Academics
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9 : 1
student-faculty ratio
90.2% retention
Student-faculty9 : 1
Retention90.2%
6-year graduation84.0%
Enrollment
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1,808
undergraduates
68.0% out-of-state · 79 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,808
First-year477
Transfer6
Full-time99%
Female51%
Out-of-state68.0%
International (freshmen)79
Rankings
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#33
U.S. News & World Report
Top Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#3326
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#3526
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#3826
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#13026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#15826
NicheBest Colleges in America#43326
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, 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 conferenceCentennial Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingPennsylvania colleges21
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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$62
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/6 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/15 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/6
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 2 Sci, 2 SciLab, 2 FL, 1 SS, 2 Hist
Admissions URLhttps://www.fandm.edu/admission/apply
Admissions emailadmission@fandm.edu
Admissions phone877-678-9111
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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Dickinson College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Dickinson College PA · Private (nonprofit)41.5%13802K
Gettysburg College PA · Private (nonprofit)40.1%—1K
Bucknell University PA · Private (nonprofit)32.2%1270—
Lafayette College PA · Private (nonprofit)31.2%14202K
Skidmore College NY · Private (nonprofit)23.8%14002K
Denison University OH · Private (nonprofit)—13602K
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 — Franklin and Marshall College

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