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Davidson was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into Davidson since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 17%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.
About 33% of students accepted to Davidson submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 670 and 740. Math scores were between 680 and 760.
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 Davidson it is much better at 9 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 Davidson College is 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Davidson College has a freshmen retention rate of 94%. 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Davidson for first-time, full-time students is 89%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Davidson College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,983 full-time undergraduates at Davidson.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,547 | $10,011 | $9,719 | $15,671 | $41,495 |
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 Davidson, 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 Davidson, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $8,422 a year. That adds up to $33,688 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Davidson are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 405 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC 28035 |
| Phone: | 704-894-2000 |
| Website: | https://davidson.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/davidsoncollege.nc |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/DavidsonCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 75 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 64 | NA |
| General Biology | 60 | NA |
| General Psychology | 59 | NA |
| Computer Science | 34 | NA |
| General English Literature | 27 | NA |
| History | 24 | NA |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 21 | NA |
| Mathematics | 20 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 19 | 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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