College · Private nonprofit · Haverford, PA · Suburb
Haverford College
Haverford, PA
Admit rate12%
6-yr median pay$53k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size1,430
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $53k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 12% means this is competitive but not impossible. Admitted students average SAT 1513 · ACT 34.
If you get in
1,430 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $90k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$362k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$101k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$260k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $70.7k
- Room & board
- $19.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants15%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans9%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$14k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention94%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr90%
Most finish on time.
6-yr median pay$53k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$80k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out7%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,430
- Location
- Haverford, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White49%
- Asian13%
- Hispanic11%
- International11%
- Two or more races10%
- Black4%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students16%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$65k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 45
What you can study.