Is Haverford test optional?

Yes. You can apply without a score. A common rule is to send it if it's at or above 1490 and hold it if it's under.

What is Haverford's acceptance rate?

12% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 908 of 7,341 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 112%, from 3,467 in 2015 to 7,341 in 2024, and Haverford's admit rate went from 25% to 12%.

What ACT score do you need for Haverford?

14% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 33–35, with a median of 34. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1460–1530 works out to about 33–35.

Why might Haverford's SAT range look high?

Only 40% of enrolled students sent an SAT. The range counts only those who did, and students with lower scores tend to hold theirs back.

Does applying early decision help at Haverford?

33% of early decision applicants were admitted (229 of 702), against 12% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at Haverford?

11 of the 784 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 1.4%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for Haverford? (Middle 50%: 1460–1530)

First-year students at Haverford who sent an SAT scored 1460–1530, with a median of 1490 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Haverford admits 12% of applicants and is test optional.

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Where your score lands at Haverford

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1460–1530, median 1490

Your score

Middle 50% of admitted students Median Fewer than half sent a score, so the range runs high

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Haverford by the numbers

Admit rate: 12%
Middle 50% SAT: 1460–1530
Median SAT: 1490
About on the ACT: 33–35
Sent an SAT: 40%

Test optional · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Haverford admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Haverford admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 112%, from 3,467 in 2015 to 7,341 in 2024, and Haverford's admit rate went from 25% to 12%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	7,341	908	12%
2023	6,391	825	13%
2022	5,657	804	14%
2021	5,332	951	18%
2020	4,530	826	18%
2019	4,963	810	16%
2018	4,672	878	19%
2017	4,408	884	20%
2016	4,066	870	21%
2015	3,467	852	25%

In fall 2024, 387 of the 908 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Haverford

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1410Far reachHold
1410–1480ReachHold
1490 and upReachSend

1300135014001450150015501600

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Haverford SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	720	750	780
SAT Reading and Writing	720	750	760
SAT total	1460	1490	1530
ACT composite	33	34	35

Of enrolled first-year students, 40% sent an SAT and 14% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Top 10% of their class: 93%; of new students who reported a rank

Haverford early decision and waitlist

Early decision

229 of 702 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision33%
All applicants12%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

1,342 applicants were offered a spot, 784 took it, and 11 were admitted from it.

1.4%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Haverford cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $25,314; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 90%
Median earnings: $79,966; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 1,489

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Haverford

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

Sources

Haverford Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Haverford admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Haverford website
Haverford College

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1460–1530, and the median was 1490. At 1490 or higher you're above half of them. Haverford admits 12% of applicants, so a top score keeps you in the running but doesn't decide it.

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