Bryn Mawr College Overview

Bryn Mawr College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Bryn Mawr is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Bryn Mawr College Known For?

• Students at Bryn Mawr may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 8 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Bryn Mawr.
• In a recent academic period81% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Bryn Mawr bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $75,217 a year. That's about 84% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Bryn Mawr student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is 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

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How Do I Get Into Bryn Mawr?

You can apply to Bryn Mawr online at: www.brynmawr.edu/admissions-aid/how-apply

Admission Requirements for Bryn Mawr

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bryn Mawr?

The acceptance rate of Bryn Mawr College is 31%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Average Test Scores

About 34% of students accepted to Bryn Mawr submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 750. Math scores were between 620 and 745.

Bryn Mawr received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 30 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

Can I Afford Bryn Mawr College?

The overall average net price of Bryn Mawr is $47,034. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

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 Bryn Mawr, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $6,470 a year. That adds up to $25,880 over four years for those students.

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Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,299 undergraduate students at Bryn Mawr, with 1,297 being full-time and 2 being part-time.

There are also 335 graduate students at the school.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bryn Mawr College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	150
Black or African American	70
Hispanic or Latino	136
White	597
International Students	241
Other Races/Ethnicities	103

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Bryn Mawr College. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 47 countries are represented at Bryn Mawr. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Social Work	0	0	66	2	68
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	56	0	0	56
General Psychology	38	0	0	0	38
Mathematics	30	0	5	0	35
General Biology	29	0	0	0	29
General English Literature	29	0	0	0	29
Sociology	20	0	0	0	20
Computer Science	19	0	0	0	19
Physics	14	0	3	1	18
Political Science & Government	18	0	0	0	18
Anthropology	16	0	0	0	16
International Studies	14	0	0	0	14
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	13	0	0	0	13
Urban Studies	13	0	0	0	13
Fine & Studio Arts	10	0	0	3	13
Classical Languages & Literature	5	0	3	4	12
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	12	0	0	0	12
Chemistry	8	0	2	1	11
History	10	0	0	0	10
Natural Resources Conservation	10	0	0	0	10
Philosophy	9	0	0	0	9
Romance Languages	8	0	0	0	8
Archeology	3	0	4	1	8
Economics	8	0	0	0	8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	7	0	0	0	7
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	6	0	0	0	6
Area Studies	5	0	0	0	5
Geological & Earth Sciences	5	0	0	0	5
Germanic Languages	3	0	0	0	3
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	2	0	0	0	2
Astronomy & Astrophysics	2	0	0	0	2
Music	1	0	0	0	1
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	367	56	83	12	518

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Smallbones under License

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