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STUDENT ENROLLMENT
1,464
14 AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
100 OF CLASSES TAUGHT BY PROFESSORS PERCENT
98% of students live on campus states
Black Squirrel Unofficial mascot
100 % of demonstrated financial need met for all admitted students
48 countries 52 Students hail from Haverford, Pennsylvania of faculty live on campus 33
Campus Life
6th largest city in the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA
Downtown Philadelphia is 20 minutes from campus by regional rail.
Train-travel times from Philly to 1.5 hours NYC 2 hours D.C.
4 train stations within a 15-minute walk of campus
Haverford’s picturesque campus sits along two rail lines, offering easy access to Center City Philadelphia and quick Amtrak connections to New York City and Washington, DC—both within two hours. The walkable town of Haverford features local shops and restaurants, with the vibrant dining and shopping district of nearby Ardmore just a short stroll away.
Building Community
There is no place where students are more trusted, are more directly engaged with their education, and have more opportunity to shape their own path than Haverford.
ACORN One of the oldest Honor Codes in the U.S.
ACORN Students serve on committees, manage budgets, and lead clubs & organizations.
ACORN As colleagues in stewarding the institution, students experience an unparalleled degree of freedom and responsibility.
ACORN Reflections of trust in students include self-proctored exams, 24-hour lab access, and the lack of an admission enrollment deposit.
Class of 2025 Members of the Class of 2025 were surveyed at graduation and over the course of the following six months. These sources confirmed the post-graduation plans for 345 of the 394 graduates, representing an 87.5% knowledge rate as of 12/31/25.
Haverford is dynamic and always changing to reflect our current values, and to be a part of a community like this empowers students to take action and make change. Haverford students' values and actions shape Haverford. Having this agency as a student is an invaluable experience—one I don't think I would have gotten anywhere else.
student-run clubs
The classroom environment here is small and tight-knit. It’s really amazing because your professor gets to know you one-on-one. You truly develop a relationship with them. We all really do look out for each other and having a professor who cares for you and wants to see you succeed in a class, that’s really important here. — Eshal, Pennsylvania Class
— Alex, California
The main thing that I’ve learned from Haverford is to keep exploring and keep expanding my perspective. I’ve learned that through the interdisciplinary nature of the academic programs here, but I’ve also learned it through the students here.
— Rafael, Puerto Rico There
internships.
As a Haverford student, you can take classes offered by the schools in the Tri-College Consortium: Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College, and Swarthmore College.
Haverford students understand the value and power of their voices to create
of 2025 Alumni Outcomes
