by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Bryn Mawr College was awarded 125 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
Bryn Mawr is also ranked #17 out of 117 schools in Pennsylvania.
Bryn Mawr was not ranked in College Factual's 2023 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
The acceptance rate at Bryn Mawr College is a competitive 38%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
Learn more about Bryn Mawr College admissions.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Bryn Mawr it is much better at 8 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bryn Mawr College is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Bryn Mawr College has a freshmen retention rate of 87%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Bryn Mawr the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 79%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Bryn Mawr College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,299 undergraduates at Bryn Mawr with 1,297 being full-time and 2 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,435 | $9,907 | $20,159 | $32,653 | $48,081 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bryn Mawr, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bryn Mawr, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $6,484 a year. That adds up to $25,936 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bryn Mawr is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Bryn Mawr College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Bryn Mawr College.
Contact details for Bryn Mawr are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 101 N Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 |
| Phone: | 610-526-5000 |
| Website: | www.brynmawr.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/BrynMawrCollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/BrynMawrCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 40 | NA |
| General English Literature | 31 | NA |
| General Biology | 28 | NA |
| General Psychology | 28 | NA |
| Computer Science | 22 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 20 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 15 | NA |
| Economics | 14 | NA |
| Chemistry | 12 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 12 | NA |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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