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Founders Hall as seen from the sky
 

Office of Admission

Haverford students are defined by intellectual curiosity, a collaborative spirit, and a commitment to improving the world.

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Haverford College offers state-of-the-art facilities within a 200-acre arboretum campus, located just minutes from Philadelphia.

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Our Admission process is conducted as a comprehensive, holistic review in which each application is treated with extraordinary care and personal attention.

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No place trusts you more to forge your own academic path and contribute so meaningfully to the spirit and fabric of the campus community.

Why Haverford?

What's New?

Arts Centers Students

A new exhibit in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery explores the summer of 1976 in Philadelphia through a documentary created by the 2019 Summer Doculab Fellows.

Message of Support written atop a world map

A message for our applicants in areas affected by the COVID-19 Virus.

Arts Campus Centers

WE’RE SORRY THIS ITEM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, up through March 6 in VCAM, finds comedic value in a serious subject.

Campus Faculty

This anthropology course, co-taught by this semester’s Friend in Residence, engages with issues, theories, and methodologies of nonviolent and violent struggles, peace negotiations, transitional justice, post-conflict reconstruction, and peacebuilding by looking at South Africa as a case study.

Arts Centers gallery Students

A collection of creative work from 20 student artists was displayed in VCAM after an open-call search across campus.

Students

The Federation United Concert Series is a group committed to bringing an eclectic range of musical acts right to your doorstep.

Campus Students

This semester’s iteration of Haverford’s long-standing tradition celebrating self-governance focused on resolutions addressing sustainability, environmental justice, and student agency.

Arts Campus

With two screenings and an exhibition planned for this semester, the ninth year of the Strange Truth series will examine themes of gender, justice, and historical memory across modern media.

We are committed to making a Haverford education accessible and affordable.

With a $30 million annual aid budget, we meet the full demonstrated financial need of all admitted students–including international students, undocumented students, transfers, and students admitted from the waiting list.

Tuition & Aid

  • 50%

    of students receive some sort of financial aid

  • 47%

    of students received a college grant

  • $50,901

    average award of college grant

  • 50%

    of students receive some sort of financial aid

  • $50,901

    average award of college grant

Our personal approach to your education begins during the admission process.

Jess Lord, Vice President & Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, provides insight on the Admission process at Haverford College.

Meet our student volunteers.

Current students can give you the best sense of the Haverford community. Please feel free to reach out to our student volunteers if you have any questions about the academic or social environment on campus.

Haverford College provides an extraordinary setting for your education. We hope you'll visit and see for yourself!

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Admission Office Hours

Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fall Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Self-guided tours available anytime.

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The Class of 2023

Students hail from 35 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and 20 countries.

  • 4,963 applied
  • 810 admitted
  • 16% rate of admission
  • 363 total enrolled
  • 33% speak a language other than English at home
  • 48% students of color
  • 25% at least 1 parent did not attend college
  • 25 QuestBridge matches

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Where do Haverford students go after graduation? Anywhere they want.

A liberal arts education is the best professional preparation. The skills, knowledge, and critical thinking you develop at Haverford can be applied to myriad fields and careers. As a Ford, you automatically stand out in the world, and are better able to inform, heal, and improve it.

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