Career Development Office - Employer Information

Why Recruit at Bryn Mawr & Haverford Colleges?

  • Both Colleges consistently ranked in the Top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges by US News and World Report.
  • Through participation in the Honor Code, a sense of integrity and self- responsibility.
  • Strong presentation skills and the ability to speak out in a group as required in small classroom participation.
  • Leadership - Students have experience creating and running organizations with no faculty advisors. Learned goal-setting, program and budget management.
  • In recent years, nearly 50% of the students graduating from Bryn Mawr and Haverford have engaged in studies abroad. Our students have globally oriented perspectives and adapt well to change and new environments.
  • Participation in Extern Program and internships providing additional professional experience.
  • Completion of senior thesis or senior research project as graduation requirement
  • A broad, well-rounded course of study. (We encourage you to view our academic majors: BMC, HC)

A Bi-College Commitment to Excellence, Integrity, and Self-Responsibility

Students at Bryn Mawr and Haverford embrace very demanding standards in and out of the classroom. The bi-college culture assumes a commitment to excellence. Both colleges maintain an Honor Code requiring all students to take full responsibility for the integrity of their rigorous academic pursuits, the development and management of student organizations, government, and social life. The community impresses upon its members principles of mutual respect, self-responsibility, and personal integrity in a climate that encourages and supports each student to raise the bar higher.

Bi-College Student Profile

An undergraduate enrollment of 2,400 makes up our combined bi-college undergraduate population. Bryn Mawr College, dedicated to women's education, enrolls 1,230 undergraduates. Haverford College, co-educational since 1980, enrolls 1,170. The bi-college undergraduate population is represented by approximately 75% women and 25% men. In 2004-05 students from 50 states and 66 countries enriched the bi-college community with their diverse backgrounds. The racial and ethnic background of our bi-college enrollments was 6% International (non-resident alien), 5% Black, .3% Native American, 12% Asian or Pacific Islander, 5% Hispanic, 59% White, not Hispanic, and 13% Unknown.