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Harcum College Data & Information Overview

73 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
15% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Harcum College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Harcum College Ranked?

#961 Best Colleges in Nation
#56 Best Colleges in PA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Harcum College was awarded 73 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.

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Overall Quality

Harcum College is ranked #961 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Harcum College held the #978 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Harcum College also holds the #56 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Harcum College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Harcum College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.

Learn more about Harcum College admissions.

Harcum College Faculty

5 to 1 Student to Faculty
33% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Harcum College is an impressive 5 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Harcum College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  33 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Harcum College

50% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Harcum College this rate is 50%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  50 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Harcum College.

Harcum College Undergraduate Student Diversity

719 Full-Time Undergraduates
67.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
82.9% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,150 undergraduates at Harcum College with 719 being full-time and 431 being part-time.

How Much Does Harcum College Cost?

$23,699 Net Price
68% Take Out Loans
$29,608 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Harcum College is $23,699. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Harcum College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$22,338 $23,208 $23,865 $32,007 $28,983

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 Harcum College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Harcum College, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $7,402 a year. That adds up to $29,608 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Harcum College is 15.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Harcum College Graduates Make?

$42,206 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Harcum College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $42,206 in their early years. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Harcum College

Pennsylvania State
719 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Harcum College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The suburban atmosphere of Bryn Mawr makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

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Contact details for Harcum College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 750 Montgomery Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3476
Phone: 610-525-4100
Website: https://www.harcum.edu/s/1044/edu/start.aspx

Harcum College Majors

20 Majors With Completions
307 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Harcum College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Harcum College

64% Take At Least One Class Online
35% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 634 students took at least one online class at Harcum College. This is a decrease from the 995 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 634 344
2019-2020 995 581
2018-2019 177 21
2017-2018 184 14
2016-2017 163 20

Learn more about online learning at Harcum College.

Notes and References

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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