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- Haverford College


Haverford, PASuburb: largeZIP 19041Founded 1833
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1833
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.haverford.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Haverford College
Haverford College is a private nonprofit college in Haverford, Pennsylvania, with 1,430 undergraduates. It admits 12% of applicants, graduates 89% within six years and costs $31,075 a year after aid.
89%graduate
Admission rate12%
Retention94%
4-year graduation79%
Pell Grant share16%
Federal loans9.2%
$31,075net price / year
12%admission rate
1513average SAT
89%graduate in 6 years
$76,397median earnings, 10 yrs
$13,795median debt
#262 of 1,704 for earnings#1,484 of 1,739 for lowest net price#75 of 1,738 for graduation rate#45 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $93,406tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $73,871
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $73,871
- Average net price
- $31,075national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$4,081
$30,001–48,000$14,312
$48,001–75,000$10,602
$75,001–110,000$19,967
$110,001+$43,749
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 12%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1513
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 720–770
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 740–780
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 33–35
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college12%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college94%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college89%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college16%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 89%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 94%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 90%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $61,709
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $76,397middle 50%: $50,018–$115,794
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,795
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$115,794
Median, Haverford College$76,397
Lower quarter$50,018
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,430
- Part-time
- 0.3%
- Women / men
- 57% / 43%
- Average age at entry
- 19.3
- First-generation students
- 16%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 86%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,785 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $29,284
- Endowment, end of year
- $702,245,110
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White49%
Hispanic12%
Black4.4%
Asian13%
Two or more races10%
U.S. nonresident11%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown0.6%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences28%
Physical sciences16%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Computer & information sciences9.5%
English language & literature6.3%
Mathematics & statistics5.8%
Psychology5.3%
Foreign languages & linguistics4.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 212911. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q579611.