Haverford College

Haverford College is a coeducational, undergraduate liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania.

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Liberal arts college - Haverford, Pennsylvania

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Haverford, known for its academic excellence, is highly selective and is consistently rated as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country — No. 8 in the 2006 edition of U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges" issue.

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Although the college is small, cooperative agreements with Bryn Mawr College, and to a lesser extent, Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania, give Haverford's roughly 1,200 students a wide range of educational and social opportunities. Students who attend the college most frequently cite the college's honor code when discussing reasons they chose the school over other elite liberal arts colleges.

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Bryn Mawr College - Swarthmore College - University of Pennsylvania - Honor code

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The college was founded in 1833 by Philadelphia Quakers to provide their sons with higher education. Although Haverford is no longer affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends, the Quaker philosophy, including the tenets of peace and tolerance, still influences campus life.

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1833 - Religious Society of Friends

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Originally an all-male institution, Haverford admitted its first female students in 1980. Today, a little over half of the student body is female. In 2005, Haverford accepted 26 percent of first-year applicants.

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