Haverford fields 23 Varsity teams, and club and intramural options include badminton, crew, golf, soccer, Ultimate, volleyball, and rugby.
53% of our students are on varsity or club teams.
Members of the Varsity Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field teams are referred to as Goats. Haverford means “goat crossing” in Welsh. Photo: Michael Branscom.
Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
"Site-Work: Place-making and Performance Practice", an English course taught by Jaclyn Pryor, considers the way in which site work functions as a form of activist art.
Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience .
Students partake in a theatrical game exercise around campus. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17.
Haverford has more than 145 student groups that publish magazines, host symposia, sing a cappella, discuss religion and spirituality, stay politically active, maintain a system of student self-government, dance, demonstrate and create.
Claire Mao ’20, Maya Ahmed ’20, Jillian Wu ’20, Mercedes Davis ’20, Christopher Villalta ’19, and Katharine Bancroft ’20 with the fruits of their labor on FAB's annual apple-picking trip. Photo: Caleb Eckert ’17.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.