Furman University

Greenville, SC · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
48.7%
4,533 admitted
SAT · 50th
1350
Range 1280–1410
6-yr grad
73.2%
Retention 92.0%
Undergrads
2,304
9.7:1 S-F
Admissions
48.7%
4,533 admitted
from 9,309 apps
Applications9,309
Overall admit rate48.7%
Enrolled552 · 12.2% yield
Admitted from waitlist9 of 524
Very important factorsGPA, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Extracurriculars
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1350
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1280–1410 · 24.6% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W650690730
Math620660700
Comp128013501410
ACT
255075
Comp293133
Cost & aid
$62,878
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$62,878
Fees$410
Room & board$17,988
Books$1,250
Avg need-based grant$46,130
% need met84.3%
Academics
9.7 : 1
student-faculty ratio
92.0% retention
Student-faculty9.7 : 1
Retention92.0%
4-year graduation73.0%
6-year graduation73.2%
Enrollment
2,304
undergraduates
21 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates2,304
First-year552
Transfer26
Full-time99%
Female58%
International (freshmen)21
Rankings
#45
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#4526
NicheBest Colleges in America#13726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#21126
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#27426
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
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceSouthern Conference1
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingSouth Carolina colleges6
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early decisionoffered
Early actionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttp://www.furman.edu/admissions/how-to-…
Admissions emailadmissions@furman.edu
Admissions phone294
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Davidson College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Davidson College NC · Private (nonprofit)12.6%14601K
Elon University NC · Private (nonprofit)63.3%12706K
Rhodes College TN · Private (nonprofit)51.5%14201K
Sewanee — The University of the South TN · Private (nonprofit)12901K
Presbyterian College SC · Private (nonprofit)65.2%1160903
Wake Forest University NC · Private (nonprofit)21.6%14505K
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 — Furman University

16 years of Furman University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.