Haverford College
Private College in Haverford, PA. Six-year graduation rate 90%. Median 10-year earnings $79,966.
A decade after enrolling, the median Haverford College student earns $79,966 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 90% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $13,621, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 90% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Admit rate 12% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
This is a highly selective admit: 12% of applicants receive an offer. The applicant pool runs to 7,341, typical for a school of this reach. A 43% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 39% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 720–770 | 151 (39%) |
| SAT Math | 740–780 | |
| ACT Composite | 33–35 | 67 (17%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Haverford College →Academics
A 90% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 94% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. At 1,424 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,421 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,535 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $7,531 at the $0–30k band to $45,991 at $110k+. 46% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 9% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 373 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,531 |
| $30–48k | $9,388 |
| $48–75k | $12,007 |
| $75–110k | $18,171 |
| $110k+ | $45,991 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 130 of these 1,421 students, totalling $729,111 — an average of $5,609 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Delaware County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)