,·Private Liberal Arts College·Est. 1885
“Bryn Mawr College, founded in 1885 outside Philadelphia, is one of the Seven Sisters and a premier women's liberal arts college with deep Quaker roots”
Bryn Mawr College, founded in 1885 outside Philadelphia, is one of the Seven Sisters and a premier women's liberal arts college with deep Quaker roots. With approximately 1,350 undergraduates and 450 graduate students on a 100-acre arboretum campus, Bryn Mawr made history as the first institution to offer graduate education through the Ph.D. for women — fundamentally changing women's access to advanced scholarship. Faculty rank #1 in research expenditure among nearly 200 liberal arts institutions, creating extraordinary undergraduate research opportunities. The college's 29% acceptance rate reflects its selectivity and academic rigor.
Visa, OPT, H-1B alumni outcomes, and acceptance rates by country — sourced from FOIA, USCIS H-1B Hub, and DHS SEVIS.
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Tuition & Fees (All Students)
$65,920
/yr
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How life on campus actually feels — clubs, sports, traditions, housing realities, and how the school integrates with its city.
Bryn Mawr offers more than 35 undergraduate majors with strengths across humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts. The curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, intellectual courage, and truth-seeking, drawing on Quaker values of honesty and social responsibility. With over 200 majority-female faculty, students find role models of academic excellence at every turn. The bi-college relationship with Haverford and consortium access to Swarthmore and UPenn expand course offerings dramatically. Bryn Mawr's emphasis on undergraduate research is exceptional — students regularly co-author publications and present at national conferences.
4 years
Among the most respected undergraduate classics programs in the U.S., with strong Greek and Latin language training and access to Bryn Mawr's renowned excavation programs at Gordion (Turkey) and in Italy.
4 years
A distinctive interdisciplinary program combining urban planning, architecture, art history, geography, and sociology. Long-standing internships with Philadelphia civic organizations and study-abroad tracks in Rome and Barcelona.
4 years
A flagship STEM program at Bryn Mawr — among the top LAC producers of women earning Ph.D.s in mathematics. Strong pure-math and applied-math tracks; robust Bi-Co integration with Haverford courses.
Where alumni go after graduation — top industries, grad-school continuation, and the qualitative outcomes story.
Sticker price (annual, out-of-state): $65,920
Net-cost estimate is US-resident-only — international applicants are typically excluded from need-based aid at most schools and should treat the sticker price as the planning baseline.
