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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As a composer, Burke's musical compositions span pop to classical styles.
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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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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 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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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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Klein is the founder of Storq, a maternity and postpartum apparel line.
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After nearly five years as the chief financial officer to Philadelphia’s City Council, for which he helped analyze and plan multibillion-dollar budgets, Matthew Stitt was not finished with his hometown. Now he counsels public sector clients on how to change budgets and institutions in equal service of all residents.
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Travis is changing the swimwear industry by providing more personalized options through her company, Andie.
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Kabat-Zinn, the scientist/thinker who in 1979 melded mindfulness with medicine and launched a still-growing modern movement, visited campus via the Whitehead Mindfulness Initiative.
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Since December 2019, Indya Kincannon ’93 has been running Tennessee's third-largest city.
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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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Daniel Dae Kim '90 Talks Diversity in Hollywood and Producing "The Good Doctor" With Hometown Newspaper.
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Author, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist, and all-around funny guy who got his start as a humor writer at Haverford.
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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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Introduced to art curation while a first-year student at Haverford, Penney now uses art as a vehicle for transformation.
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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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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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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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The Change Finance President and COO has created the first carbon-neutral exchange traded fund (ETF) on the New York Stock Exchange.
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This ambitious Haverford alumna talks about her goals and the challenges that come with being an aerospace industry CEO.
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Pioneering "New Urban Mechanic" Chris Osgood '99 is changing the way Boston delivers services and solves problems.
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The former sports agent, author, and founder of the Shapiro Negotiations Institute shares some of his "trade secrets."
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The early education teacher was one of four Fords to be accepted into the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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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Haverford alumni scientists have earned fellowships supporting their graduate education and research.
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The grant from the National Security Education Program will fund the political science major's intensive Arabic study at the Oasid Arabic Institute in Amman, Jordan, over the next academic year.
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Itzel Delgado-Gonzalez, Tamar Hoffman, Anthony Marqusee, Kathryn Rowlett, Michaela Ward, and Kaziah White will serve as Haverford House Fellows in Philadelphia. Rebecca Lewinsohn will work with SAATHII in Hyderabad, India, as an International Post-Bac Fellow.
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Claire Dinh '16, Anna Catherine Bitners '16, Emily Bamforth (BMC '16), and Carol Lee Diallo '19 are working this spring and summer on a grassroots "storybanking" project to bring awareness to healthcare access inequality.
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The chemistry major and education minor will live in Taiwan next year, where she hopes to reconnect with some relatives.
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The seniors are committed to learning more about the country's healthcare system during their time teaching English in Germany.
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The biology major will spend next year in the Netherlands conducting research on the protein that causes Huntington's disease in C. elegans worms.
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Cristian Espinoza '18, Will Edwards '18, and James Faville '18 will fund summer study in Greek and Latin with their awards.
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The German and international studies double major, who was adopted from Ukraine, will explore how orphaned youth are mentored across the globe.
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The soon-to-graduate Temple Law student, one of only 25 people nationwide to receive this honor, was recognized by National Jurist magazine for her commitment to serving low-income people in need of legal services.
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The UCLA associate professor of electrical engineering is one of only 105 people this year selected for a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
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The future religion major will use the award to fund ancient Greek language studies this summer.
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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%
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