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Overall
A
Matriculation A+
Academics A-
Extracurriculars B
Community A+
Reviews B
Germantown Friends School, founded in 1845, takes its strong identity from five distinct elements: a vibrant intellectual community of teachers and students; an historic urban setting in Germantown; a diverse and multicultural faculty and student body who value difference as indispensable; a Quaker vision of what is possible for both individuals and communities; and a belief in fulfilling this vision through reflection, collaboration and action.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$46750
Enrollment
1157
International Students
1.13%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
75%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:5
Endowment
$1.44 millions
Average SAT Score
1340
Average ACT Score
32
Class Size
20

Matriculation


Matriculation

(2019-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 8
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
#3 Harvard College 5
#3 Stanford University 4
#3 Yale University 1
LAC #1 Williams College 4
#6 University of Chicago 5
#7 Johns Hopkins University 3
#7 University of Pennsylvania 51
#9 California Institute of Technology 1
#10 Duke University 3
#10 Northwestern University 7
LAC #2 Amherst College 2
#12 Dartmouth College 4
#13 Vanderbilt University 1
#15 Rice University 2
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 2
LAC #3 Pomona College 4
#17 Cornell University 5
#18 Columbia University 8
#18 University of Notre Dame 1
#20 University of California: Berkeley 2
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 4
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 6
#22 Emory University 3
#22 Georgetown University 6
#25 New York University 11
#25 University of Michigan 5
#25 University of Southern California 1
#25 University of Virginia 6
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 3
#32 Tufts University 14
#36 Boston College 1
#38 University of California: Davis 2
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5
#41 Boston University 4
#44 Brandeis University 1
#44 Case Western Reserve University 4
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 2
#44 Northeastern University 1
#44 Tulane University 2
LAC #9 Claremont McKenna College 1
#49 University of Georgia 1
#51 Lehigh University 3
#51 Villanova University 1
#55 Santa Clara University 1
#55 University of Miami 4
LAC #11 Middlebury College 8
#62 George Washington University 11
#62 Syracuse University 5
#62 University of Pittsburgh 8
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1
LAC #13 Smith College 5
LAC #13 Vassar College 11
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1
#68 St. Lawrence University 1
#72 American University 6
#72 Fordham University 4
#72 Reed College 3
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 4
LAC #15 Davidson College 1
LAC #15 Grinnell College 3
LAC #15 Hamilton College 5
#77 Loyola Marymount University 2
#77 Michigan State University 1
#81 Earlham College 1
#84 Bennington College 1
#89 Elon University 1
#89 Howard University 3
#89 University of Delaware 1
#89 Ursinus College 1
LAC #18 Barnard College 10
LAC #18 Haverford College 8
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 9
#100 Cornell College 1
#105 Drexel University 10
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 4
#111 Goucher College 2
#121 Chapman University 1
#121 Temple University 8
#121 University of Vermont 6
#124 Morehouse College 4
LAC #25 Bates College 3
#127 Clarkson University 1
#130 Eckerd College 1
LAC #27 Macalester College 7
#137 DePaul University 2
#137 University of Kentucky 1
#151 Duquesne University 1
LAC #31 Kenyon College 3
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1
LAC #33 Pitzer College 1
LAC #33 Scripps College 1
#166 Hofstra University 1
LAC #36 Mount Holyoke College 1
LAC #37 Occidental College 1
LAC #39 Skidmore College 1
LAC #39 Trinity College 1
#202 Loyola University New Orleans 1
#219 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1
#219 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1
#219 Widener University 2
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1
LAC #55 Connecticut College 5
LAC #60 Bard College 4
Albright College 1
Arcadia University 1
Babson College 1
Bentley University 1
Berklee College of Music 1
binghamton university, state university of new york 1
Canisius College 1
College of William and Mary 3
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1
Emerson College 1
Franklin & Marshall College 6
Guilford College 1
High Point University 1
Manhattan School of Music 1
Maryland Institute College of Art 1
Massachusetts Bay Community College 1
McDaniel College 1
McGill University 2
Mount St. Mary's University 1
New England Conservatory of Music 1
Oberlin College 4
Penn State Abington 1
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College 1
Penn State University Park 3
Pratt Institute 3
Rhode Island School of Design 2
Ringling College of Art and Design 1
Saint Joseph's University 1
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1
stony brook university, state university of new york 2
Texas State University 1
The New School College of Performing Arts 4
Towson University 1
Union College 1
University of Maryland: College Park 3
University of St. Andrews 3
University of the Arts 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 306 66 271 231 230
#1 Princeton University 8 1 8 7 + 6 30
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 1 1 + 1 4
#3 Stanford University 4 1 4 5 + 5 19
#3 Harvard College 5 2 3 + 3 13
#5 Yale University 1 6 9 + 10 26
#6 University of Pennsylvania 51 14 48 45 + 45 203
#7 California Institute of Technology 1 1 2
#7 Duke University 3 1 1 1 + 1 7
#9 Brown University 8 10 + 11 29
#9 Johns Hopkins University 3 1 2 2 + 5 13
#9 Northwestern University 7 4 3 + 4 18
#12 Columbia University 8 2 1 6 + 5 22
#12 Cornell University 5 5 3 + 3 16
#12 University of Chicago 5 3 2 + 4 14
#15 University of California: Berkeley 2 1 3
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 4 1 3 4 + 4 16
#17 Rice University 2 3 3 + 2 10
#18 Dartmouth College 4 2 2 + 2 10
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 2 1 + 1 5
#20 University of Notre Dame 1 1 1 + 3
#21 University of Michigan 5 1 4 1 + 1 12
#22 Georgetown University 6 2 5 5 + 3 21
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 2 1 1 + 2 11
#24 University of Virginia 6 2 1 + 1 10
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 2 1 2 + 4 9
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 6 3 2 2 + 2 15
#24 Emory University 3 1 4 5 + 5 18
#28 University of Southern California 1 1 2 2 + 2 8
#28 University of California: Davis 2 1 3
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 2 6 5 + 5 18
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 2
#35 New York University 11 4 17 15 + 14 61
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 1 3 4 + 2 15
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 1 1 + 1 4
#39 Boston College 1 2 1 + 1 5
#40 Tufts University 14 2 8 5 + 29
#40 University of Washington 1 1 + 1 3
#43 Boston University 4 5 7 + 8 24
#47 Lehigh University 3 2 1 + 1 7
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 1 1 + 3
#47 University of Georgia 1 1
#47 University of Rochester 1 1 + 1 3
#47 Wake Forest University 1 1 + 1 3
#53 Case Western Reserve University 4 1 1 1 + 7
#53 College of William and Mary 3 2 2 + 3 10
#53 Northeastern University 1 3 5 + 4 13
#58 SUNY University at Stony Brook 2 2
#60 Brandeis University 1 1 + 1 3
#60 Michigan State University 1 1 1 3
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 + 3 5
#60 Santa Clara University 1 1
#67 University of Pittsburgh 8 1 7 9 + 10 35
#67 University of Miami 4 2 2 + 1 9
#67 George Washington University 11 3 4 4 + 6 28
#67 Villanova University 1 1
#67 Syracuse University 5 2 2 3 + 3 15
#73 Tulane University 2 7 7 + 16
#76 University of Delaware 1 1 1 + 1 4
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 1 1 + 1 4
#89 Temple University 8 3 18 29
#89 Fordham University 4 1 2 2 + 2 11
#93 Loyola Marymount University 2 6 8
#98 Drexel University 10 3 15 15 + 14 57
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 4 3 7
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 2 2 4
#105 American University 6 1 4 5 + 3 19
#105 Arizona State University 1 1
#115 Howard University 3 1 4
#133 Chapman University 1 1 2
#133 Elon University 1 1 2
#133 University of Vermont 6 3 5 14
#142 Clarkson University 1 1 2
#151 DePaul University 2 1 3
#151 Duquesne University 1 1
#159 University of Kentucky 1 1
#178 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1 1 2
#185 Hofstra University 1 1
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 4 2 6
#201 La Salle University 1 1
#209 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1 1
#216 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1 1
#227 Widener University 2 2 4
#249 Pace University 1 1
#260 Loyola University New Orleans 1 1 2
#280 Texas State University 1 1 2
University of Maryland: College Park 3 3 6
Penn State University Park 3 2 1 + 2 8
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 137 22 134 112 105
#1 Williams College 4 3 2 + 2 11
#2 Amherst College 2 2 + 2 6
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 1 + 2
#4 Swarthmore College 1 3 3 + 3 10
#4 Wellesley College 2 3 + 3 8
#4 Pomona College 4 1 5
#9 Carleton College 1 1 + 1 3
#9 Bowdoin College 3 3 4 + 3 13
#11 Middlebury College 8 1 5 4 + 1 19
#11 Wesleyan University 9 3 10 11 + 13 46
#11 Barnard College 10 3 13 10 + 9 45
#11 Grinnell College 3 3
#11 Claremont McKenna College 1 1 2
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 1
#16 Davidson College 1 1 2
#16 Hamilton College 5 5 5 + 3 18
#16 Smith College 5 5 1 + 2 13
#16 Vassar College 11 1 7 6 + 4 29
#21 Colgate University 1 2 3
#21 Haverford College 8 1 16 22 + 13 60
#24 Bates College 3 2 1 6
#25 Colby College 1 1 + 1 3
#27 Macalester College 7 1 1 2 11
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 1
#30 Lafayette College 1 1 + 1 3
#30 Bucknell University 2 1 + 1 4
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 2 1 + 2 6
#33 Colorado College 2 + 2 4
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 1 2
#35 Occidental College 1 1 2
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 6 1 5 4 + 3 19
#35 Scripps College 1 2 1 + 1 5
#38 Skidmore College 1 7 9 + 9 26
#39 Trinity College 1 1 2
#39 Kenyon College 3 1 5 8 + 8 25
#39 Pitzer College 1 3 3 + 3 10
#45 Union College 1 1
#46 Connecticut College 5 2 2 2 + 11
#46 Dickinson College 1 2 2 + 1 6
#56 soka university of america 1 1
#59 St. Lawrence University 1 1
#67 Reed College 3 3 6
#72 Bard College 4 2 2 2 10
#86 Ursinus College 1 2 3
#93 Whittier College 3 3
#100 Earlham College 1 1 2
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 4 1 4 9
#100 Morehouse College 4 4
#112 Bennington College 1 1 2
#116 Cornell College 1 1
#124 Goucher College 2 2 4
#130 Eckerd College 1 1
#139 Hampshire College 2 2
#146 Albright College 1 1 2
#167 Guilford College 1 1
Oberlin College 4 2 2 + 4 12
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 2 0 4 0 0
#3 McGill University 2 4 6
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 3 0 0 0 0
#33 University of St. Andrews 3 3

Academics

Sports

(5)
Basketball
Crew
Fitness
Squash
Wrestling

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(52)
Brothers for Academic and Social Enrichment (BASE)
Chaverim
SAGA (Sexuality And Gender Alliance)
Sistahs
Support for Positive Body Image
Black Student Union (BSU)
Brothers for Academic and Social Enrichment (BASE)
Chaverim
SAGA (Sexuality And Gender Alliance)
Sistahs
Support for Positive Body Image
Black Student Union (BSU)
FOCUS (Fellowship of Christians in Universities & Schools)
LASSO (Latin American Student Solidarity Organization)
Multiracial Affinity Group
South Asian Student Alliance
Asian Student Association (ASA)
Ways of Being Club
Admission Office Student Guides
Big Sibs
Community Action Committee
Conserving Oceans Reefs and Aquatic Life (CORAL)
Education Justice
Environmental Action Club
Germantown Community Gardeners
Global Understanding Club
High School Democrats of America (HSDA)
Human Rights Group
Knit a Square
Mock Trial
Model UN
Peer Tutoring
Philly Issues
Religion and Philosophy (RAP)
Student Advisory Council (SAC)
Animanga Club
Art Club
Brainstorm
Bridge Club
Coffeehouse
Community Science Club
Cycling Club
Data Science Club
Dungeons and Dragons Club
GFS Quiz Bowl
Jam Club
Music Performance Club
Outing Club
Philadelphia Youth Film Festival (PHYFF)
Political Dialogue Club
Post Modern Languages: Esperanto Club
POW: People of Winter Ski and Snowboarding Club
READ (Read Enunciate and Declaim)
Student Beekeeping
Tea Time Games Club
Tiger$ Investing League
Upper School Math League
Xploring Sustainable Farming (Aquaponics Club)
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Arts

(8)
Chorus
Drama
Music
Music Production
Ceramics
Drawing
Chorus
Drama
Music
Music Production
Ceramics
Drawing
Photography
Art
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: K-12
Urban
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1845
Campus Size: 21 acres
Religious Affiliation: Quaker

Application Info

Deadline: 01/09
Interview: Skype, On Campus
School Code:
TOEFL: 3188
SSAT: 3397
ISEE: 393325
Recommended
Boarding
Blair Academy United States Flag
5.0
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Frequently Ask Questions about Germantown Friends School

Tell me a bit about Germantown Friends School.
Germantown Friends School is Co-ed private day school located in Pennsylvania, US. It was founded 1845 , and currently has about 1157 students, 1.13% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.germantownfriends.org/.
Does Germantown Friends School have rigorous academic requirements?
Germantown Friends School also have 75% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Germantown Friends School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 8.7% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 19.44% go to top 25, and about 15.19% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Germantown Friends School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Germantown Friends School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Germantown Friends School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Germantown Friends School in 2024 is $46,750 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admissions@germantownfriends.org .
Where is Germantown Friends School located?
Germantown Friends School is located in the State of Pennsylvania of USA. The closest major city is Philadelphia, which is about 5 miles away from school. Most families can choose Philadelphia International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Germantown Friends School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Germantown Friends School is among the most popular schools, within top 134 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Germantown Friends School has been favorited by 196 users.
How to start with an application with Germantown Friends School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Germantown Friends School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Germantown Friends School’s official site: http://www.germantownfriends.org/ or call them at 215-951-2300.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Germantown Friends School?
Yes, here are few: Pennsylvania School For The Deaf, Greene Street Friends School and William Penn Charter School.

The closest major city is Philadelphia. You can find out more schools near Philadelphia here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Germantown Friends School?
The overall rating for Germantown Friends School is A.

The section ratings of Germantown Friends School are:
A+ for Matriculation
A- for Academics
B for Extracurriculum
A+ for Community
B for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania, holds a pivotal place in U.S. history. Once the nation's capital, it is home to iconic landmarks such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. With a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census, Philadelphia is a hub for arts, culture, and education. The city is known for its rich history, diverse neighborhoods, and vibrant arts scene. It also plays a major role in life sciences, business, and industry, making it a key city in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Population (2022) 1,447,395
Cost of Living Higher than average 7%

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