Haverford College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Haverford College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1833. The campus is spread across an area of 216 acres. The college offers undergraduate programs with over 30 majors in several subjects like English, biology and fine arts. The college also offers pre-professional courses in several subjects.

There are several music, awareness and academic clubs and organizations operated by the students on campus. The Chemistry Club, Board Gaming Club and Bridge Club are some of the student-operated clubs. The college also has a weekly journal known as the Bi-College News, and a student-run radio station known as WHRC.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, liberal arts, and architecture and planning.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Selective admissions.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,169 in 2009-2010 (1,271 full-time equivalent).

About 42% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 58% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 100% of the student body.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Haverford provides on-campus housing for 1,190 of its 1,271 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Centennial Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (10 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Archeology

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (167 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (18 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (15 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (61 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (28 awarded)

• Psychology