Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 1,430 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 12%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $31,075per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 89%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $76,39710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Under Haverford's student-administered Honor Code, all exams are self-scheduled, and every senior must complete a senior thesis to graduate.
Source: Questbridge Application Supplement for 2026-27 - Haverford College
Besides its partnership with Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore, Haverford lets full-time students take courses at the University of Pennsylvania at no added cost.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 12%About 1 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1460–1550Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Haverford College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2024–25, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 12%908 admitted of 7,341 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 29%219 admitted of 745. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1470–1540First-years who sent scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 33–35First-years who sent scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 94%99% were in the top quarter.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- Character and personal qualities
Important
- Class rank
- A talent or ability
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Considered
- Test scores
- Interview
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Haverford College Common Data Set 2024–25. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $31,075full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $93,406sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $73,871Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 89%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $76,39710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,795federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,430Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 16%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 16%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA — admits 29%
- Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA — admits 72%
- Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA — admits 28%
- Saint Francis University Loretto, PA — admits 77%
Also worth a look
- Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA — admits 28%
- Bates College Lewiston, ME — admits 13%
- Reed College Portland, OR — admits 25%
- Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA — admits 10%
- Middlebury College Middlebury, VT — admits 11%
- Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO — admits 18%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Haverford College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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