Haverford attracts some of the world's brightest and most engaging college-bound students every year. At Haverford, these students embark on an intense, varied four years of liberal-arts learning in a culture of discovery, diversity, and integrated course offerings.
The educational program at Haverford includes a senior thesis
which allows students to produce a substantial capstone work reflecting
their interests and academic accomplishment during college. Students
graduate from Haverford with an expanded and deepened way of thinking
about ideas and the world and their interdependence. Haverford
graduates possess real skills and critical abilities readily applicable
to the workplace or to further education.
Haverford's small size allows it to deliver a highly personalized education. Students work side-by-side with their professors in an atmosphere of discovery and real research. Professors work side-by-side with students, developing analytical thinking and mutual paths of inquiry. Instructors expect active scholarship from students, not simple recitation. Professors are the catalysts of a hands-on, accessible, educational process at Haverford.
An Introduction to Haverford College from President Emerson
President Emerson offers a closer look at Haverford College, reflects on his days as a student on campus, and looks ahead to the future. (2:05)
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Academic News
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Two articles by the Emeritus Professor of Biology, focusing on the history of notable scientific discoveries, have been published this fall in academic journals. -
The associate professor of anthropology will join a panel of experts to discuss post-apartheid South Africa at the Wilma Theater on November 8, in conjunction with the current run of Athol Fugard's play Coming Home. -
The event will honor the arrival of more than 300 years of records from the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia, the city's oldest Quaker meeting.
Haverford at a Glance
1169 students from 45 states (including DC and PR)
- … and 38 countries
- 53% women, 47% men
- 31% of color
- 6% international
Faculty 2008-2009
- Student-Faculty ratio: 8:1
- 97% of all classes have enrollments of 40 students or fewer
- 39% of classes have 11-20 students and 41% have 10 students or fewer
- 27% faculty of color
Haverford also has…
- a need blind admission policy for U.S. citizens and permanent residents
- one of the most extensive collections of Quaker history in the world
- The C. Christopher Morris Cricket Library & Collection: largest collection of cricket literature and memorabilia in the western hemisphere
- one of the oldest honor codes in the U.S. and one of the few with a social dimension.