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About Haverford

Haverford College at a Glance

Haverford students are admitted to medical school, law school, and other professional schools at rates that are significantly higher than the national average, and that are comparable to those of other highly selective liberal arts colleges and universities.

Student Body

1,198

total enrollment

54%

women

46%

men

32%

students of color

  • 12.6% New England
  • 14.6% Pennsylvania
  • 10.9% Midwest & Central US
  • 34.7% Mid-Atlantic (not including PA)
  • 11.8% Pacific Coast
  • 8.6% South
  • 9.7% International

Academics

Class size: % of classes with...

  • fewer than 10 34.2% (34.2%)
  • fewer than 20 73.8% (73.8%)
  • fewer than 30 91.1% (91.1%)
  • 50 students or more 0.3% (0.3%)

Popular Majors

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Economics
  • English
  • Political Science
  • Psychology

8:1

student:faculty ratio

24%

faculty of color

97%

full-time faculty with highest degree in their fields

Percentage of students living on campus.

students living on campus.

Percentage of faculty living on campus.

faculty living on campus.

Honors, Scholarships, Prizes

  • Fulbright Scholar Program Fellows: 41
  • Fulbright U.S. Student Program Fellows: 55
  • Nobel Prize Recipients: 3
  • Pulitzer Prize Recipients: 6
  • Luce Scholars: 10
  • Truman Scholars: 7
  • Goldwater Scholars: 24
  • Rhodes Scholars: 20
  • Senator George Mitchell Scholar: 1
  • NCAA Postgraduate Scholars: 26
  • Guggenheim Fellows: 18
  • Thomas J. Watson Fellows: 62
  • Carnegie Endowment for World Peace Junior Fellows: 2
  • Jack Kent Cooke Scholars: 2
  • Keasbey Fellows: 10
  • Marshall Scholar: 7
  • Beinecke Scholars: 5
  • Winston Churchill Fellows: 1
  • Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholars: 15
  • Gates-Cambridge Scholar: 1
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows: 29

Miscellaneous

Haverford also has...

Percentage of students who play an intercollegiate sport.

students who play an intercollegiate sport

Percentage of students who study abroad.

students who study abroad

Percentage of alumni who attend graduate school within five years.

alumni who attend graduate school within five years