Davidson College Overview

Davidson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Davidson, North Carolina. Davidson is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Davidson College Known For?

• Davidson has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• Students at Davidson have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Davidson.
• In 2017-2018, 95% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Davidson bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $58,900 a year. That's about 44% more than their peers at other schools.
• The average Davidson student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Davidson College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Davidson.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#35	Most Popular Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Davidson College?

Contact details for Davidson are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	405 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC 28035
Phone:	704-894-2000
Facebook:	http://facebook.com/davidsoncollege.nc
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/DavidsonCollege

How Do I Get Into Davidson?

You can apply to Davidson online at: https://davidson.edu/admission-and-financial-aid/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for Davidson

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Davidson?

With an acceptance rate of 20%, Davidson is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 21%, and the acceptance rate for women is 20%.

Average Test Scores

About 60% 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 650 and 720. Math scores were between 650 and 740.

Davidson received ACT scores from 47% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 30 and 33.

Can I Afford Davidson College?

The overall average net price of Davidson is $43,380. 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

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 16% of students took out student loans averaging $10,084 a year. That adds up to $40,336 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Davidson is 0.6%. 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.

Davidson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,983 full-time undergraduates at Davidson, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	116
Black or African American	127
Hispanic or Latino	164
White	1,318
International Students	139
Other Races/Ethnicities	119

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Davidson College. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 56 countries are represented at Davidson. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Greece.

Online Learning at Davidson College

In 2019-2020, 1,888 students took at least one online class at the school.

Davidson College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Political Science & Government	72	72
General Biology	65	65
Economics	65	65
General Psychology	47	47
Computer Information Systems	33	33
General English Literature	33	33
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	31	31
Romance Languages	23	23
History	22	22
Natural Resources Conservation	22	22
Sociology	21	21
Area Studies	20	20
Chemistry	19	19
Mathematics	18	18
Physics	17	17
Philosophy	12	12
Fine & Studio Arts	10	10
Music	10	10
Germanic Languages	8	8
Classical Languages & Literature	4	4
Religious Studies	4	4
East Asian Languages	3	3
Ethnic Studies	2	2
Anthropology	2	2
Drama & Theater Arts	1	1
TOTAL	564	564

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 Dacoslett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.