Haverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement.
A Haverford education carries clout worldwide.
Where do Haverford students go after graduation? Anywhere they want.
A liberal arts education is the best professional preparation.
The skills, knowledge, and critical thinking you develop via Haverford’s liberal arts curriculum have applications in so many different fields and careers all over the planet. As a Ford, you automatically stand out in the world, and are better able to inform, heal, and improve it.
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Wang is the CEO of College Together, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Philadelphia’s underserved students through the college admissions process, at the Community College of Philadelphia.
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Shuman creates fun, new ways for children to learn the stories of the Torah through his series, Torah Time Travel.
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Peet is bringing to market the health benefits of high-fiber, gluten-free chicory flour and the therapeutic potential of biosynthetically produced cannabinoids.
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Kugler's circus arts company has performed to critical acclaim in Chicago and Philadelphia.
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From bringing artists to Haverford to co-founding globalFEST, Bill Bragin '89 reflects on his experience creating connections and providing opportunities for musicians.
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Fuchs works for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Submillimeter Array, a telescope located atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
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Along with wonderfully transgressive heroines, Dermansky is also known for getting consistently rave reviews for her blackly comic novels.
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In Côte d'Ivoire, political science alumna Rebecca Levy ’04 works to fight poverty as an employee of USAID.
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The former growth and structure of cities major thought he would be an architect, but is now living out different dreams as a professional dancer in Sweden.
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The Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and associate dean of admissions at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine has achieved widespread recognition for her work addressing health disparities.
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The CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics spoke to Haverford magazine about his company's experimental drug, GBT440, and its promise in treating people with sickle cell disease.
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Olsen is a physician specializing in addiction medicine, has recently published a book meant to “clarify and demystify” the national health emergency.
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As a producer at Fresh Air with Terry Gross for 20 years and now as talent producer for Comedy Central’s The Opposition With Jordan Klepper, Baldonado has focused on researching and recruiting newsmakers—actors, writers, politicians, and academics—for radio and TV appearances.
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Perez, who discovered he was legally blind at 30, is passionate about helping the education-technology community understand the crucial role it can play in giving all learners access to education and job opportunities.
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Kaur is a co-founder of The Sikh Coalition, an organization dedicated to legal advocacy for a religious minority that often finds itself the target of discrimination.
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Right after his junior year he landed a summer internship in the front office of a major league baseball team, and it’s been a meteoric rise ever since. Today he’s director of minor league operations for the Minnesota Twins.
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As chair of the HIV clinic at the Mayo Clinic, director of its HIV transplant services, associate dean of the Mayo School of Health Sciences, and associate professor of medicine, Dr. Stacey Rizza is on the front lines of treating and understanding HIV and hepatitis C.
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As a composer, Burke's musical compositions span pop to classical styles.
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From self-driving cars to in-home electromechanical helpers, Eric Krotkov ’82 is turning science fiction into reality.
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Travis is changing the swimwear industry by providing more personalized options through her company, Andie.
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Chubb brings art from Africa and across the world to the Smith College Museum of Art as its first Curator of Contemporary Art.
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Stavis, a pioneering musician, brought the banjo into the psychedelic rock era. He's opened for acts like the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, and Richie Havens.
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Breaking the rules is the secret to this sommelier’s success.
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Daniel Dae Kim '90 Talks Diversity in Hollywood and Producing "The Good Doctor" With Hometown Newspaper.
Hands-on research with real-world application
Every student completes a thesis prior to graduation that contributes to their field of academia. The high-level research experience that students gain, in every department, prepares them for the next step in their academic life or career.
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Students can receive up to $10,000 in research funding through the Academic Centers
Haverford College senior psychology major Liz Heaton describes the behavioral neuroscience research she has been working on over the past year with Assistant Professor Laura Been.
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Nobel Prizes
George P. Smith ’63, one of three 2018 Nobel laureates in chemistry, is the fourth Haverford alum to win a Nobel Prize. A biology major while at Haverford, Smith credits his thesis advisor with introducing him to the field of molecular immunology that shaped his early career.
Haverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement through awards and fellowships such as Fulbright, Watson, Guggenheim, and the Nobel Prize.
Four Fords earned 2023/2024 Fulbright Student Awards. Haverford College is proud to be named one of the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2023–2024 Fulbright U.S. Students.
Support for entrepreneurship and innovation
The Whitehead Internship Program funds rising Haverford juniors and seniors in summer work related to entrepreneurship, small business, venture capital, or finance. The new Haverford Innovations Program (HIP) works to develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus by providing mentoring and financial support for student startups.
Experiential Learning
Across all academic disciplines and majors, Fords learn by doing. From publishing in peer-reviewed journals with professors to coursework that takes them out of the classroom and into the community to hundreds of internship opportunities around the world, Haverford students have numerous ways to apply what they’ve learned to professional settings before graduation.
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Over 60 summer internships around the world
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More than 150 students participate in internships funded by our Academic Centers every year
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Students explore more than 40 different countries
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“From Malcolm X to Dave Chappelle: Islam, Humor, and Comedy in America”
The class traces the history of African American comedy and situates it specifically in relation to the civil rights struggles and the politics of African American Islam.
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Pipeline to the MLB
The skills picked up at Haverford—critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and a sophisticated understanding of data—have turned out to be an ideal fit for key front office roles in Major League Baseball.
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The Class That Publishes Together
A "Biochemistry Superlab" course co-taught by Professor Rob Fairman and Assistant Professor Lou Charkoudian recently published a peer-reviewed paper in PLOS Biology detailing not only the results of in-class research, but also how the class itself was designed to facilitate such research.
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Summer Centered
Stories exploring Haverford students' Center-funded summer work
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AwardsHaverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement through awards and fellowships such as Fulbright, Watson, Guggenheim, and the Nobel Prize.
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IndustryWhether you’re destined for graduate or medical school, entrepreneurship or the arts, the business or banking realms, or elsewhere in the world at large, you’ll always find yourself applying the unique academic and social skills you cultivate at Haverford.
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Graduate StudiesRecent graduates have gone to programs at the University of Chicago, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, MIT, UCLA, Cambridge, and the University of Pennsylvania, to name a few. Our alumni pursue careers ranging from business to medicine to public service to science and technology.
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Center for Career and Professional AdvisingThe center empowers students and alumni to learn about and prepare for meaningful work, as they translate their Haverford liberal arts education into a rewarding life.
Our students and graduates have been awarded Fulbrights, Watsons, Guggenheims, and the Nobel Prize.
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Nobel Prize Winners
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Fulbright Scholars
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MacArthur Fellows
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Goldwater Scholars
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Watson Fellows
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Rhodes Scholars
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Guggenheim Scholars
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Pulitzer Prize Recipients
Awards
Haverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement through awards and fellowships such as Fulbright, Watson, Guggenheim, and the Nobel Prize.
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The linguistics major will spend next year in Luxembourg teaching English in the tiny, multilingual nation, where she also hopes to learn French.
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The recent political science major and economics minor will use her award to study the relationship between local and international non-governmental organizations.
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The anthropology major and health studies minor will spend next year in London, earning his master’s in public health at Imperial College London.
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The chemistry major and biochemistry concentrator is one of 417 college students across the country selected for the award that supports undergraduates who aim to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
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The history major is one of 173 student leaders from across the U.S. and Mexico who were selected for the fellowship this year for their commitment to solving public problems.
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On May 14, the College will award an honorary degree to the civil rights advocate at the ceremony celebrating the Class of 2022.
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The sociology major will spend the year after his Haverford graduation traveling to five continents to learn about music in Mexican communities internationally.
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The religion and history double major is one of only two recipients of the competitive scholarship for study in the U.K., which he will use to pursue a master’s in religion at the University of Oxford.
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Four recent graduates earned 2021–2022 Fulbright Student Awards.
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The over-100-year-old Haverford College fellowship for graduate study will support Samuels’ pursuit of a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at the University of California, Irvine and Mayo’s pursuit of a Master of Science in Global Health at National Taiwan University.
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The Romance languages major who has been working as an educational consultant in China since her graduation will teach English in Taiwan, where she is eager to immerse herself in the island’s diverse musical culture.
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The environmental studies major will join the 74th Coro Class of Northern California, rotating through six placements in San Francisco across government, nonprofit, and business sectors to accelerate positive change.
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Here's how our alumni are applying their skills, experience, and wisdom to life beyond campus.
Industry
Whether you’re destined for graduate or medical school, entrepreneurship or the arts, the business or banking realms, or elsewhere in the world at large, you’ll always find yourself applying the unique academic and social skills you cultivate at Haverford.
- Business and Finance22%
- Education19%
- Healthcare17%
- Science and Technology13%
- Public Service and Government9%
- Law and Legal Services8%
- Communications, Leisure, and Tourism7%
- Architecture, Arts, and Museums5%
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Yngvild Olsen ’91, a physician specializing in addiction medicine, has recently published a book meant to “clarify and demystify” the national health emergency.
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Stage actress Eve Passeltiner ’85 also has a busy career doing voice-over work and audiobook narration. “You get to be all of these people you might not get cast as in-person,” she says.
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The English major is starting her career as a case intake analyst with the Philadelphia-based class action law firm Berger Montague.
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The international studies major is interning at KiCK Global, a Barcelona-based marketing agency, prior to pursuing a similar position back in the U.S.
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The psychology major and dance minor is splitting her time between her two respective passions at a Harvard Lab and a Cambridge ballet studio.
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Political science major and Spanish minor Nico Kaplan ’19 is exploring the relationship between political and cultural projects by working with documentary distribution company Argot Pictures to reach Spanish-speaking audiences and organizations that stand committed to supporting immigrant communities in NYC.
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Political science major and statistics, Chinese, and health studies minor Madeline Guth ’19 used her diverse set of tools to study the many ways that public policy can impact unintended pregnancy rates among low-income women.
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The economics major and baseball player is preparing for a career in the front offices of the major leagues.
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As a Haverford House Fellow, Gabe Halperin-Goldstein ’19 will spend next year working at the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, which advocates for policies that relieve food insecurity in Philadelphia.
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The political science major was motivated to pursue a MENAR Fellowship teaching in Tunisia following a CPGC summer-internship abroad in Morocco.
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The multi-talented physics major will be teaching and coaching while pursuing a graduate degree in education in the hopes of working with English language learners and immigrant students in America.
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The Russian studies major will attend a university in Kazakhstan to hone her Russian proficiency for future government employment.
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Our students are admitted to medical school, law school, and other professional schools at rates that are significantly higher than the national average.
Graduate Studies
Recent graduates have gone to programs at the University of Chicago, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, MIT, UCLA, Cambridge, and the University of Pennsylvania, to name a few. Our alumni pursue careers ranging from business to medicine to public service to science and technology.
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Recent Graduate School Highlights
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- George Washington University
- Harvard University
- Jefferson Medical College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University
- New York University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
- Science and Math22%
- Medicine and Health21%
- Arts and Humanities15%
- Social Sciences12%
- Law12%
- Business and Finance9%
- Education9%
Recent Graduate School Highlights
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- George Washington University
- Harvard University
- Jefferson Medical College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University
- New York University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
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The physics major and mathematics minor is continuing his research in cosmology at the University of Cambridge.
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The recent grad has taken all the tools she acquired during her Haverford years with her to Northeastern School of Law, where she is studying to become a public interest lawyer.
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The anthropology major and education studies minor is in her first quarter at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in education.
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The recent Haverford House fellow begins medical school at the University of Virginia this fall with support from the over-100-year-old Haverford College fellowship for graduate study.
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Inspired to increase the number of Black women lawyers and motivated by the prohibitively high costs associated with law school applications, the aspiring lawyer created the Legally BLK Fund, which has raised over $14,000 in one month.
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The award will fund tuition fees for her yearlong master’s in global health program at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, starting this fall.
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The recent Fulbright fellow begins her English Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia this fall with financial support from this long-standing Haverford fellowship for graduate study.
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Sam Epstein ’19, Brett Pogostin ’18, Maurice Rippel ’19, Laura Seaberg ’20, and David Zegeye ’19 received fellowships from the National Science Foundation that will support their graduate education and research.
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In the first year of the Haverford-Jefferson Medical School Early Admission Program, students are taking on specialized internships in preparation for their planned enrollment at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
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The physics and astronomy double major is continuing his academic journey as he heads to the University of Chicago to pursue a Ph.D.
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The chemistry major is moving to Illinois to pursue a Ph.D. in his field at Northwestern University.
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Physics and astronomy double major Reilly Milburn ’19 used his thesis to investigate both an exciting kind of astronomical object and the tools used to detect these objects.