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Picture Yourself at Haverford
Haverford's location offers the best of all worlds: a serene yet dynamic campus, close proximity to our extraordinary consortium partners, and a site nestled within one of America's greatest metropolitan areas.
Character
Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
Mind
As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
Squirrels
Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
Haverford Headlines
Four new funds will support research by students underrepresented in STEM fields, internships in Philadelphia focused on justice and equity, anti-racism research and teaching at Haverford, and LGBTQIA+ student support.
The curator of rare books & manuscripts and head of Quaker & Special Collections writes about shifting her work from sharing physical editions to digital ones and becoming “the hands” for researchers far from campus, turning pages for them onscreen.
Jacob Lowy '14, a Haverford political science major, writes about pivoting his career to medicine during a global pandemic.
Haverford’s political clubs have been working together this semester to increase student voter participation in the 2020 election.
Dana Nichols '14 writes about her journey from childhood ballet student to Haverford College student to professional dancer and writer of a recent piece in "Dance Magazine" about blackface in ballet.
The Arboretum Program Coordinator describes her work on campus during the College’s closure in the spring, and how it relates to Haverford’s sense of community.
A participant in Haverford and Caltech’s joint 3-2 engineering program, the mathematics major and environmental studies minor has finished his Caltech education and is now developing climate change models.
The two Haverford music students developed their music composition skills this summer at Philly’s Young Women Composers Camp.
The world-renowned Quaker astrophysicist, who discovered the first radio pulsars, is visiting Haverford virtually this semester to share her experiences in science and spirituality.
This summer, a team of Haverford students, faculty, and staff supported language activists and educators in creating Talking Dictionaries virtually.
- 9:1 Student to Faculty ratio
- >50% Receive a college grant
- 145+ Student Clubs and Organizations