Haverford College

Haverford, PA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
13.3%
896 admitted
SAT · 50th
1490
Range 1460–1530
6-yr grad
89.0%
Retention 93.0%
Undergrads
1,420
9:1 S-F
Admissions
17.2% / 23.3%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications6,730
Overall admit rate13.3%
In-state admit rate17.2%
Out-of-state admit rate23.3%
Enrolled397 · 44.3% yield
Admitted from waitlist11 of 1,342
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1490
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1460–1530 · 40.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W720750760
Math720750780
Comp146014901530
ACT
255075
Comp333435
Cost & aid
$74,930
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$74,930
Fees$863
Room & board$20,554
Books$1,340
Avg need-based grant$70,718
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$13,015
Academics
9 : 1
student-faculty ratio
93.0% retention
Student-faculty9 : 1
Retention93.0%
4-year graduation79.1%
6-year graduation89.0%
Enrollment
1,420
undergraduates
84.0% out-of-state · 44 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,420
First-year397
Transfer11
Full-time100%
Female57%
Out-of-state84.0%
International (freshmen)44
Rankings
#12
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#1226
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#2426
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#2826
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#4926
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#5626
NicheBest Colleges in America#6926
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#8326
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
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
$65
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/10 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/15 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/5
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
Admissions emailadmission@haverford.edu
Admissions phone610-896-1350
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Swarthmore College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Swarthmore College PA · Private (nonprofit)7.5%15201K
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Williams College MA · Private (nonprofit)8.6%15202K
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Wesleyan University CT · Private (nonprofit)16.5%1420
Carleton College MN · Private (nonprofit)21.8%15001K
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 — Haverford College

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