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HAVERFORD COLLEGE INFORMATION


Haverford College is located in Haverford, Pennsylvania and is a private college. Haverford College is a four year college and offers Bachelor's Degrees, and a number of different programs and courses.

Haverford College is in a relatively urban area (in or near a city), which may be something you prefer if you like a city lifestyle as a student.

Haverford College does not have a rolling admission policy, and you will want to make sure that you get your application in before January 15.

Haverford College is relatively smaller in size with an enrollment of only 1,168 students.

Haverford College accepts about 26% of its applicants on average, and 41% of the students receive some sort of financial aid for college at Haverford College.

If you are looking for more information on financial aid at Haverford College, you can may want to contact David J. Hoy, who is the Director of Financial Aid at Haverford College. You may also qualify for free grants for college in Pennsylvania to attend Haverford College.

You may also need to take one or more of the following tests to qualify for admission at Haverford College:

  • SAT

Haverford College offers the following extracurricular activities to its students:

  • Choral Groups
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Jazz Band
  • Literary Magazine
  • Music Ensembles
  • Music Theater
  • Radio Station
  • Sports
  • Yearbook

You may want to brush up on your ACT preparation as well, because the average ACT score for students that are entering Haverford College is 30.

Don't forget to study for the SAT, because the average SAT score for students that are entering Haverford College is 1370.

Do a lot of students come from out of state to attend Haverford College? Well, about 81% of the student body at Haverford College comes from outside the state of Pennsylvania.

Do a lot of the students at Haverford College live on campus? Well, about 100% live on campus, while 0% live off campus and commute to school every day.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT HAVERFORD COLLEGE

Haverford College Address:


370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041-1392
Phone: 610-896-1000
Fax: 610-896-1338
Web Site: http://www.haverford.edu

Haverford College admission closing date:


January 15

Does Haverford College offer Associate's degrees?


No

Does Haverford College offer Bachelor's degrees?


Yes

Does Haverford College offer Master's degrees?


No

Does Haverford College offer Doctoral degrees?


No

Haverford College graduation rate:


92%

Haverford College retention rate:


96%

Haverford College average ACT score:


30

Haverford College average SAT score:


1370

Haverford College tuition cost (estimate):


$33,710

Haverford College room & board cost (estimate):


$10,390

Is Haverford College a private college?


Yes

Is Haverford College a coed college?


Yes

Haverford College school calendar:


Semester

Is Haverford College a 2 year or 4 year college?


4 Years

Haverford College enrollment:


1,168 Students

Percentage of applicants accepted to Haverford College


26%

Percentage of students at Haverford College receiving financial aid:


41%

Percentage of African American students:


5.2%

Percentage of Native American students:


0.7%

Percentage of Asian students:


14.9%

Percentage of Hispanic students:


6.5%

Percentage of Caucasian students:


70%

Percentage of students living on campus:


100%





Other Activities Nearby:


Golf Courses in Haverford


Data provided by Data-lists.com Universities and Colleges Database. Data last updated on 2007-11-13.

HAVERFORD COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION

Federal Pell Grants

Academic Competitiveness (AC) Grant Program

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program

Grants and Scholarships available in Pennsylvania

HAVERFORD COLLEGE NEWS

Religion & Spirituality Week, Feb. 7-12
Five days of events exhibiting the diversity, energy and creativity of the Haverford community.


Philadelphia Daily News Calls People's Biennial "Radical," "Charming"
The exhibit, which is currently up in the campus' Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery through March 2, showcases the work of artists outside the "mainstream" art world.


Mapping Du Bois
Through internships supported by the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities, Haverford students help to bring to life a seminal 1899 work by W.E.B. Du Bois.


Bibhav Acharya '06 And His Collaborators Run Nepali Hospital Via Smartphones
The now California-based psychiatry resident started Nyaya Health, a nongovernmental organization that runs a free hospital in remote Nepal, with two classmates in 2005 while still in medical school at Yale University.


Paul Cates '50 Profiled in The Portland Press-Herald's Maine Gardener Column
Growing and selling gladiolas helped finance his Haverford education and led to his gladiola-growing family farm, Cates Family Glads.


Matt Wetherell ’12 Interviews Former Surgeon General Koop
Wetherell spoke to Koop as part of his research for his senior thesis, which uses the role of the Surgeon General as a case study within a broader examination of the ways government bureaus gain and lose power.


Christopher Johnson '74 Writes Book "Decoding" Doctor-Speak
The latest book by the pediatric critical care specialist, How Your Child Heals, earns praise from the press, including CBSPhilly.com.


Laura McGrane Talks Digital Humanities in Inside Higher Ed
The associate professor of English was part of a panel at the Association of American Colleges and Universities that discussed how best to weave digital humanities research into undergraduate classes.


Kimberly Benston Named Interim Provost of Haverford College
The Francis B. Gummere Professor of English will serve a one-year term as the College’s chief academic officer.


Library Launches New Tripod!
The Library is pleased to announce the launch of the new Tripod, the Tri-College Libraries’ combined catalog. Try it out!


Peace Activist Sue Gelber Cannon Featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Cannon, who recently published the book Think, Care, Act: Teaching for a Peaceful Future, will speak on campus Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.


Is Howard Brown '12 "Philly's Next Rap Star?"
Flying Kite, an online magazine about the greater Philadelphia area, has profiled the rapper/student, who records under the name Gabriel Stark.


Danielle Simpson '12 Interviewed in the Joplin Globe
The anthropology major and her in-progress senior thesis are part of a piece on students using tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., as a real-world lab for their studies.


Anita Isaacs Quoted in International Business Times
The associate professor of political science discusses the president of Guatemala's stated policy of using the military to police organized crime.


Sarah-Marie Belcastro '91 Interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered
The mathematician, who crocheted a mobius band, is part of a segment on different artistic expressions of math.


Robert Neuwirth ’81 Talks About His New Book on Slate.com
Journalist Robert Neuwirth ’81 traveled the world to research his book Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy. He discusses the book, which estimates that one-half the world’s workers are involved in the informal economy, in a podcast on Slate.com.


Professor Paul Smith In Inside Higher Ed/USA Today
The professor of history, who holds the John R. Coleman Professorship in the Social Sciences, is part of a discussion about Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on U.S. campuses.


Noah Leavitt '91 on WHYY
The Whitman College sociologist, who we featured in the magazine in 2009, talks about navigating the holidays as part of a Jewish-Asian couple.


Robert Eisinger '87 in the Huffington Post
In an opinion piece titled "Advancing the Liberal Arts in and Beyond the Classroom," Eisinger, the dean of the School of Liberal Arts at SCAD, discusses "the false dichotomy between the liberal arts and careerism" and recalls what he learned in a memorable music class at Haverford.


Campus Folk Band Makes An Album
The Attic Stairs try to bolster funds received from the Student Arts Fund to record, press and design a vinyl record.


Lloyd Lights Brighten the Campus Again
Vote for your favorite entryway's holiday decorations in our annual poll.


Rep. Steny Hoyer Names Alexis Covey-Brandt '01 Chief of Staff
The former floor director for the Maryland Democrat and House Minority Whip, Covey-Brandt will be the youngest chief of staff in the House and the only female in that position.


Economics Class Tours Brussels, Frankfurt
Visiting Professor of Economics Biswajit Banerjee took 17 students to the European Commission and the European Central Bank on a week-long class trip sponsored by the CPGC and Provost’s Office.


Emily Dickinson Inspires Class of New Poets
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Thomas Devaney’s introductory poetry writing class used an intensive study of Dickinson as a the germ for its students' own writing, which is now collected on a class blog.


The Hurford Humanities Center Adds “Arts” to its Name
In recognition of the increasingly important role of the arts in the work of the Hurford Humanities Center, the Center has been renamed the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities.


Former President Tom Tritton Visits Future Site of Tritton Hall
On December 3, a guided hard-hat tour of the new dorms' site was held for Board of Managers members, faculty, students, staff and other interested community members.


Symposium Examines “Islam: Reform and Revival”
On December 8, a distinguished group of scholars, including Visiting Professor of Religion Abdolkarim Soroush, will gather at Haverford College for a daylong symposium that will explore broad questions about the history and future of Islam.


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