Bryn Mawr College: Enrollment, Tuition and Outcomes Data

About

Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of historically women's colleges in the United States. The college has an enrollment of about 1,350 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students. It was one of the first women's colleges in the United States to offer graduate education through a PhD.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS

Applied

4,094

4,094 candidates competed

Admitted

1,205

29.4% acceptance rate

Enrolled

380

31.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS

Overall completion

82%

Overall completion

82%

4-year graduation

71%

4-year graduation

71%

6-year graduation (bachelor’s)

82%

6-year graduation (bachelor’s)

82%

Full-time retention

92%

Full-time retention

92%

Pell equity

9.2pp gap

Pell recipients

74%42 of 57

Non-Pell (all)

83%277 of 333

Subsidized loan, no Pell

67%24 of 36

No Federal Aid

85%253 of 297

Non-Pell students graduate at a 9.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 58 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 54 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs

58

Passing

4

6.9% of portfolio

Failing (GE)

0

0.0% of portfolio

Fail rate

0.0%

-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

58programs

Passing4 · 6.9%
No Data54 · 93.1%
Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical

0

Severe

0

Recoverable

0

At Risk

1

Watch

2

Safe

1

No data

54

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

4

Program

Typical

Benchmark

EP gap

English Language and Literature General

Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters

$38,040

$34,808

National HS Median

+9.3%

+$3,232

English Language and Literature General

Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters

+9.3%

$38,040 vs $34,808

Sociology

Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences

$42,666

$34,808

National HS Median

+22.6%

+$7,858

Sociology

Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences

+22.6%

$42,666 vs $34,808

Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities

Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

$43,321

$34,808

National HS Median

+24.5%

+$8,513

Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities

Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

+24.5%

$43,321 vs $34,808

Social Work

Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions

$57,867

$46,158

National Same-Field BA Median

+25.4%

+$11,709

Social Work

Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions

+25.4%

$57,867 vs $46,158

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

2

Program

Median debt

Median earnings

Debt burden

Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities

Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

$23,000

$43,321

53%

Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities

Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

53%

$23,000 debt · $43,321 earn

Social Work

Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions

$20,500

$57,867

35%

Social Work

Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions

35%

$20,500 debt · $57,867 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1921Next review Jan 2028

Action history · 2

Apr 2021Approved for Distance Education
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Mar 2021Renewal of Accreditation
Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays

$0–30k$11,017

$0–30k

$11,017

$30–48k$18,457

$30–48k

$18,457

$48–75k$17,262

$48–75k

$17,262

$75–110k$19,330

$75–110k

$19,330

$110k+$40,085

$110k+

$40,085

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)

$31,759

+$5,552vs Baccalaureate median $26,208

Federal loans

49.3%

In-state tuition

$65,920

Out-of-state

$65,920

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 253 students received $1.5M in Pell grants, alongside $7.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients

253

AY 2024–25

Pell disbursed

$1.5M

$1,500,716 total

Direct Loans

$7.1M

795 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k

’20

0k

’21

0k

’22

0k

’23

0k

’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.0M

248 loan awards

Unsubsidized · UG$1.8M

375 loan awards

Unsubsidized · Grad$2.1M

98 loan awards

Parent PLUS$1.7M

55 loan awards

Grad PLUS$449K

19 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 276 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (1.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate

1.0%

-1.3pp vs 2.3% national

Borrowers in repayment

276

Defaulted

3

Measurement window

3 years

Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016

3.0%-6.3

2017

1.8%-7.4

2018

1.0%-6.0

2019

1.0%-1.3

2020*

0.0%

This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Bryn Mawr College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS

Distinct CIP programs42

UndergraduateOffered

GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

453 total completions

01Social Sciences

8518.8%

01Social Sciences

8518.8%

02Public Admin

7516.6%

02Public Admin

7516.6%

03Biological Sciences

5011.0%

03Biological Sciences

5011.0%

04Psychology

459.9%

04Psychology

459.9%

05Foreign Languages

439.5%

05Foreign Languages

439.5%

06Mathematics

398.6%

06Mathematics

398.6%

07Multi/Interdisciplinary

347.5%

07Multi/Interdisciplinary

347.5%

08Physical Sciences

316.8%

08Physical Sciences

316.8%

09English Language

276.0%

09English Language

276.0%

10Visual/Performing Arts

245.3%

10Visual/Performing Arts

245.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS

Fall total

1,679

12-mo unduplicated

1,796

Undergraduate

1,475

Graduate

321

Gender split

Men

4%68

Women

96%1,728

Race / ethnicity composition

White

50.8%

Non-resident

13.1%

Asian

11.8%

Hispanic

9.1%

Two or more

6.9%

Black

4.9%

Unknown

3.2%

American Indian / Alaska Native

0.1%

Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

0.1%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students

1.20

2 offenses · 1,666 students

3-year trend

1.692 yrs ago2.871 yr ago1.20Latest

Offenses · 3-yr

10

Last three years

VAWA · 3-yr

8

DV, dating, stalking

Hate crimes · 3-yr

4

Res-hall fires · 3-yr

0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape

2

By location

2total

On campus2

Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0

Domestic violence

5

Dating violence

0

Stalking

5 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

Race2

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals

Weapons00

Drugs07

Liquor032

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS

Student-to-faculty

8.0:1

Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)

197

Bryn Mawr College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Bryn Mawr College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS

This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

					Carnegie
SubjectBryn Mawr College	82%	—	1,679	$31,759	Baccalaureate
Swarthmore College	92%	7.5%	1,623	$23,149	Baccalaureate
Albright College	51%	76.3%	1,380	$20,024	Baccalaureate
Muhlenberg College	82%	72.0%	1,788	$28,905	Baccalaureate
Franklin and Marshall College	84%	28.2%	1,808	$36,425	Baccalaureate
Saint Vincent College	69%	61.7%	1,440	$23,510	Baccalaureate
Peer group median	82%	61.7%	1,651	$26,208

Institutions like Bryn Mawr College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Bryn Mawr College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Bryn Mawr College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office

Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment

Email

rbarry [at] brynmawr.edu

Phone

610-526-6532

Address

Taylor 213 & 213A, 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

We collect and analyze campus data to inform the public and College policymakers in accordance with the Association for Institutional Research’s Statement of Ethical Principles.

Visit IR office page

Team

1 member

Richard Barry
Director of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment

Common Data Set

Bryn Mawr College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

CDS2026

Reports & documents (4)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Notable alumni of Bryn Mawr College (9)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

Emily Greene Balch
Peace Activism
Marianne Moore
Literature
Katharine Hepburn
Film and Theatre
Grace Lee Boggs
Activism
Hanna Holborn Gray
Education Administration
Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt
Literature
Elaine Showalter
Literary Criticism
Bruce Cole
Humanities
Dorothy Burr Thompson
Archaeology

Frequently asked questions about Bryn Mawr College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Bryn Mawr College.

What is the graduation rate at Bryn Mawr College?

Bryn Mawr College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 82% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Bryn Mawr College?

Bryn Mawr College reports a total enrollment of 1,679 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Bryn Mawr College?

The average net price at Bryn Mawr College is $31,759 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Bryn Mawr College?

Bryn Mawr College's yield rate is 31.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Bryn Mawr College located?

Bryn Mawr College is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010.

Who runs Institutional Research at Bryn Mawr College?

Bryn Mawr College's IR work is done by the Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)

Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.

National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education

College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)

Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.

U.S. Department of Education

FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release

Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.

U.S. Department of Education

DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed

Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education

Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026

Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.

U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid

Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026

Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.

U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid

Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates

Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.

U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid

Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25

Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education

Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024

Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education

Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

Bryn Mawr College

Pell equity

Pass / fail distribution

Severity spectrum

Earnings premium gap

Debt vs earnings

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Action history · 2

Net price by family income

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Default rate vs national, by cohort

Top program families by completions

Gender split

Race / ethnicity composition

3-year trend

Criminal offenses by type

By location

VAWA offenses

Hate crimes by bias

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

Residence-hall fires

Swarthmore College

Albright College

Muhlenberg College

Franklin and Marshall College

Saint Vincent College

Source publications

What is the graduation rate at Bryn Mawr College?

How many students attend Bryn Mawr College?

What is the average net price at Bryn Mawr College?

What is the yield rate at Bryn Mawr College?

Where is Bryn Mawr College located?

Who runs Institutional Research at Bryn Mawr College?

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