Editing Haverford College (section)

== Academics ==

Haverford offers [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Science]] degrees in 31 majors across [[humanities]], [[social science]]s and [[natural science]]s.<ref name="curriculum">{{Cite web|url=http://www.haverford.edu/academics/curriculum.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307030923/http://www.haverford.edu/academics/curriculum.php|url-status=dead|title=Haverford College: Curriculum|archivedate=March 7, 2011|website=www.haverford.edu}}</ref> All departments require a [[senior thesis]], project or research for graduation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haverford.edu/academics/ |title=Academics &#124; Haverford College |publisher=Haverford.edu |access-date=2015-11-05}}</ref> and many departments also have junior-level [[seminar]] or year-long project such as in [[biology]] (superlab) and [[chemistry]] (superlab).<ref>{{cite web|title = Biology – Academic Programs|url = https://www.haverford.edu/biology/academic-programs|website = www.haverford.edu|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.haverford.edu/chem/curriculum/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307140240/http://www.haverford.edu/chem/curriculum/|url-status=dead|title=Department of Chemistry : Haverford College|archivedate=March 7, 2011|website=www.haverford.edu}}</ref>  The college also maintains a distribution requirement, spreading course work in all three areas of [[humanities]], [[social sciences]] and [[natural sciences]], in addition to major course works.<ref name="curriculum" /> Its most popular majors, by 2021 graduates, were:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=haverford&s=all&id=212911#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Haverford College |access-date=February 9, 2023}}</ref>
::Chemistry (34)
::Computer science (31)
::Economics (31)
::Political science & government (29)
::Biology/biological sciences (27)
::Psychology (25)
::English language & literature (21)
::Mathematics (20)

===Consortium===
Haverford's consortium relationship with Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and the University of Pennsylvania (the [[Quaker Consortium]]) greatly expands its course offerings. Haverford and Bryn Mawr have a particularly close relationship (the Bi-College Consortium), with over 2,000 students cross-registering between the two schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/academics/academic-partnerships|title=Academic Partnerships|website=haverford.edu}}</ref> The campuses are only 1 mile apart and a shuttle called the Blue Bus runs frequently back and forth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brynmawr.edu/transportation/blue-bus-bi-co|title=Blue Bus: Bi-Co - Bryn Mawr College|website=brynmawr.edu}}</ref> Some departments, such as Religion and Music, are housed at Haverford, while others like Theatre and Growth and Structure of Cities are at Bryn Mawr. Students can major in these departments from both colleges. Furthermore, students of one of the Tri-Collegiate Consortium Schools (Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford) are allowed to pursue a major in a subject at a Tri-Collegiate institution apart from the one they are a student of.

===Admissions===
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|+ Fall Admission Statistics
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!&nbsp;
!2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2027|title=The Class of 2027|access-date=2024-03-01}}</ref>
!2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2026|title=The Class of 2026|access-date=2023-10-01|archive-date=2023-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001043259/https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2026|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
!2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2025|title=The Class of 2025|access-date=2023-12-06|archive-date=2023-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206121455/https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2025|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
!2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2024|title=The Class of 2024|access-date=2023-04-23|archive-date=2023-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423042808/https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2024|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
!2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/haverford-admits-class-2023|title=Haverford Admits the Class of 2023|access-date=2023-09-22|archive-date=2023-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922083225/https://www.haverford.edu/admission/haverford-admits-class-2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
!2018<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/haverford-admits-class-2022|title=Haverford Admits the Class of 2022|website=haverford.edu|access-date=2023-12-08|archive-date=2023-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208094439/https://www.haverford.edu/admission/haverford-admits-class-2022|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
!2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/haverford-admits-class-2021|title=Haverford Admits the Class of 2021 {{!}} Haverford College|website=haverford.edu|access-date=2017-10-19|archive-date=2017-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019110454/https://www.haverford.edu/admission/haverford-admits-class-2021|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
!2016<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/applying/class-2020|title=The Class of 2020 {{!}} Haverford College|website=haverford.edu|access-date=2023-12-08|archive-date=2023-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208105845/https://www.haverford.edu/admission/applying/class-2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
!2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-CDS-2015-16.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307015838/https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-CDS-2015-16.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-07}} Haverford College Common Data Set. Retrieved March 2, 2016.</ref>
!2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.haverford.edu/admission/applying/class_of_2018_profile.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317154609/http://www.haverford.edu/admission/applying/class_of_2018_profile.php|url-status=dead|title=Class Of 2018 Profile - Office of Admission|archivedate=March 17, 2015|website=www.haverford.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.haverford.edu/president/files/ir/CDS2014_2015.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421214249/http://www.haverford.edu/president/files/ir/CDS2014_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Wayback Machine|archivedate=April 21, 2015|website=www.haverford.edu}}</ref>
!2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haverford.edu/president/files/ir/CDS2013_2014.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150421214251/http://www.haverford.edu/president/files/ir/CDS2013_2014.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-21 |title=Info |website=haverford.edu |access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>
|-
! Applicants
|{{center|6,393}}
|{{center|5,658}}
|{{center|5,332}}
|{{center|4,539}}
|{{center|4,968}}
|{{center|4,682}}
|{{center|4,424}}
|{{center|4,067}}
|{{center|3,467}}
|{{center|3,496}}
|{{center|3,585}}
|-
! Admits
|{{center|825}}
|{{center|804}}
|{{center|952}}
|{{center|835}}
|{{center|801}}
|{{center|877}}
|{{center|859}}
|{{center|871}}
|{{center|852}}
|{{center|861}}
|{{center|842}}
|-
! Admit rate
|{{center|12.9%}}
|{{center|14.2%}}
|{{center|17.8%}}
|{{center|18.4%}}
|{{center|16.1%}}
|{{center|18.7%}}
|{{center|19%}}
|{{center|21%}}
|{{center|24.6%}}
|{{center|24.6%}}
|{{center|23.5%}}
|-
! Enrolled
|{{center|374}}
|{{center|363}}
|{{center|411}}
|{{center|343}}
|{{center|362}}
|{{center|357}}
|{{center|349}}
|{{center|352}}
|{{center|346}}
|{{center|340}}
|{{center|333}}
|-
! SAT 25th–75th percentile
|
|
|
|
|{{center|1390–1540}}
|{{center|1390–1530}}
|{{center|1390–1530}}
|{{center|1980–2280}}
|{{center|1990–2300}}
|{{center|1990–2240}}
|{{center|1970–2240}}
|-
!ACT 25th–75th percentile
|
|
|
|
|{{center|32-34}}
|{{center|32-34}}
|{{center|31-34}}
|{{center|31-34}}
|{{center|31–34}}
|{{center|31–34}}
|{{center|30–33}}
|}

''[[U.S. News & World Report|U.S. News]]'' deemed Haverford's admissions "most selective," with the class of 2026 acceptance rate being 14.2%.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://www.haverford.edu/admission/class-profile-2026|title=The Class of 2026|website=haverford.edu|access-date=January 11, 2023}}</ref> Applying for admission to the class of 2026 were 5,658 applicants; 804 were admitted. Of those admitted submitting such data, 96% were in the top 10% of their high school class and 100% were in the top 20% of their high school. Of those admitted to the class of 2026, 54.5% identified themselves as persons of color, and 14% of those admitted were first generation college students.<ref name=":4" /> The college is need-aware for domestic applicants, having ended its [[need-blind]] policy in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jaschik|first1=Scott|title=Haverford College shifts from need-blind to need-aware admissions|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/27/haverford-college-shifts-need-blind-need-aware-admissions|accessdate=May 14, 2018|work=Inside Higher Ed|date=June 27, 2016|archive-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514142032/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/27/haverford-college-shifts-need-blind-need-aware-admissions|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_LA = 24
| Wamo_LA = 6
| Forbes = 72
| THE_WSJ = 36
}}

Haverford is ranked 8th among liberal arts colleges in the 2022 ''Wall Street Journal''/''Times Higher Education'' College Rankings,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-rankings-list-2022-11632246093?mod=searchresults_pos2&page=1|title=Explore the Full WSJ/THE 2022 College Rankings List {{!}} Filter our 2022 rankings or create your own with the customization tool|work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=September 26, 2021}}</ref> and 24th among U.S. liberal arts colleges in the 2025 "Best Colleges" ranking by ''[[U.S News & World Report]]'', and ranked 16th for "Best Value" and tied at 14th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching" among liberal arts colleges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/haverford-college-3274/overall-rankings |title=Haverford College Rankings |work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked Haverford 6th in 2024 among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/liberal-arts/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}</ref> The college was ranked 72nd across 500 universities and colleges in the 2024-25 edition of ''[[Forbes]]''{{-'}} "Top Colleges", and 18th among liberal arts colleges alone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haverford College |url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/haverford-college/?list=top-colleges |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>  [[Niche (company)|Niche]] ranked the school the 7th best national liberal arts college for 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Niche College Rankings |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-liberal-arts-colleges/|access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref>

===Graduates===
According to the [[National Science Foundation]], Haverford is sixth among liberal arts college, and eighth among all colleges and universities in the United States, in the proportion of its graduates who went on to earn PhDs across all fields from 2008 to 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctorates Awarded {{!}} Institutional Research |url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/institutional-research/doctorates-awarded |website=Swarthmore College |date=8 July 2014 |access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> When limited to doctorates in science and engineering disciplines, Haverford ranks sixth among liberal arts colleges and tenth among all colleges and universities.