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School Overview

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Overall
A+
Matriculation A+
Academics A-
Extracurriculars B+
Community A+
Reviews A-
The Baldwin School, an independent college preparatory school, develops talented girls into confident young women with vision, global understanding, and the competency to make significant and enduring contributions to the world.
The school nurtures our students' passion for intellectual rigor in academics, creativity in the arts and competition in athletics, forming women capable of leading their generation while living balanced lives.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$43900
Enrollment
575
International Students
10%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
80%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:7
Endowment
$12 millions
Average SAT Score
1370
Average ACT Score
31
Class Size
14

Matriculation


Matriculation

(2021-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1 +
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#3 Harvard College 1 +
#3 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#10 Duke University 1 +
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#13 Brown University 1 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#18 Columbia University 1 +
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1 +
#22 Emory University 1 +
#22 Georgetown University 1 +
#25 New York University 1 +
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
#29 University of Florida 1 +
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#29 Wake Forest University 1 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1 +
#32 Tufts University 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 1 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Purdue University 1 +
#51 Villanova University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
LAC #11 Middlebury College 1 +
LAC #11 Washington and Lee University 1 +
#62 George Washington University 1 +
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
LAC #13 Smith College 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#72 Fordham University 1 +
LAC #15 Hamilton College 1 +
#76 Muhlenberg College 1 +
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
#89 Elon University 1 +
LAC #18 Barnard College 1 +
LAC #18 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #18 Haverford College 1 +
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 1 +
Auburn University 1 +
#97 Clark University 1 +
#97 University of South Florida 1 +
#105 Drexel University 1 +
#105 University of Arizona 1 +
#105 University of Oregon 1 +
#111 Goucher College 1 +
#115 Fairfield University 1 +
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +
#121 Temple University 1 +
#121 University of Vermont 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
#137 George Mason University 1 +
LAC #29 Harvey Mudd College 1 +
#151 Duquesne University 1 +
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
LAC #33 Pitzer College 1 +
LAC #36 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
#182 Belmont University 1 +
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #37 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #39 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#219 Hampton University 1 +
#219 Sacred Heart University 1 +
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1 +
LAC #55 Connecticut College 1 +
Clark Atlanta University 1 +
College of Charleston 1 +
College of William and Mary 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
Florida Agricultural Mech Univ 1 +
Franklin & Marshall College 1 +
McGill University 1 +
Newcastle University 1 +
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
Penn State University Park 1 +
Rhode Island School of Design 1 +
Saint Peter's University 1 +
Sciences Po Paris 1 +
Siena College 1 +
Union College 1 +
United States Military Academy 1 +
University of St. Andrews 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2016-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 56 491 52 316 121
#1 Princeton University 1 + 3 1 5 admitted 2 12
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 4 1 1 admitted 1 8
#3 Harvard College 1 + 2 1 6 admitted 4 14
#3 Yale University 1 + 3 1 4 admitted 2 11
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 2 1 3 admitted 3 10
#6 Stanford University 1 4 admitted 4 9
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 19 1 24 admitted 13 58
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 2 1 3 admitted 1 8
#10 Duke University 1 + 3 1 6 admitted 2 13
#10 Northwestern University 1 + 4 1 3 admitted 2 11
#12 Dartmouth College 1 1 3 admitted 2 7
#13 Brown University 1 + 3 3 admitted 3 10
#13 Vanderbilt University 2 1 3 admitted 2 8
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 2 1 2 admitted 1 7
#15 Rice University 1 1 admitted 2
#17 Cornell University 1 + 6 1 9 admitted 6 23
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 1 admitted 1 3
#18 Columbia University 1 + 2 1 8 admitted 12
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 9 1 2 admitted 1 14
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 7 1 5 admitted 14
#22 Georgetown University 1 + 7 1 3 admitted 2 14
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 2 1 3 admitted 2 8
#22 Emory University 1 + 8 1 3 admitted 2 15
#25 University of Southern California 1 + 7 1 4 admitted 13
#25 University of Michigan 1 + 7 1 6 admitted 2 17
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 14 1 9 admitted 3 28
#25 New York University 1 + 12 1 17 admitted 11 42
#29 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 1 2 admitted 1 6
#29 University of Florida 1 + 2 1 1 admitted 5
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 7 1 2 admitted 11
#32 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 1 admitted 2
#32 Tufts University 1 + 3 1 4 admitted 3 12
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 9 3 admitted 13
#34 University of California: Irvine 5 2 admitted 7
#36 University of Rochester 1 1
#36 Boston College 1 + 11 1 8 admitted 4 25
#38 University of California: Davis 2 1 2 admitted 5
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 8 4 admitted 13
#41 Boston University 1 + 10 5 admitted 16
#44 Tulane University 1 + 5 1 3 admitted 1 11
#44 Brandeis University 1 1 2 admitted 4
#44 Northeastern University 1 + 11 1 10 admitted 3 26
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 3 2 admitted 6
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 7 1 4 admitted 1 14
#49 University of Georgia 1 1
#51 Purdue University 1 + 2 1 admitted 4
#51 Villanova University 1 + 7 1 3 admitted 1 13
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3 3
#51 Lehigh University 1 + 3 1 admitted 5
#55 Santa Clara University 3 1 admitted 4
#55 Pepperdine University 1 1
#55 University of Miami 1 + 7 1 7 admitted 3 19
#58 University of Washington 1 admitted 1
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 2
#62 Syracuse University 8 3 admitted 1 12
#62 University of Pittsburgh 38 1 10 admitted 1 50
#62 George Washington University 1 + 16 1 1 admitted 19
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 1 1 admitted 4
#67 University of Connecticut 5 2 admitted 7
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 2 2 admitted 4
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 3 admitted 2 6
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 3 admitted 1 6
#72 Fordham University 1 + 13 5 admitted 19
#76 American University 3 admitted 1 4
#77 SUNY University at Stony Brook 1 1 admitted 2
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 1 1 3
#77 Baylor University 1 1 1 admitted 1 4
#77 Michigan State University 2 2
#77 Clemson University 3 1 2 admitted 3 9
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 1
#83 Howard University 1 2 admitted 1 4
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1 1
#89 Elon University 1 + 3 1 3 admitted 8
#89 University of Delaware 8 3 admitted 11
#97 Auburn University 1 + 1 2
#97 New Jersey Institute of Technology 1 1
#97 Clark University 1 + 2 3
#97 University of South Florida 1 + 1 2
#105 University of San Francisco 1 1
#105 University of Arizona 1 + 3 1 2 admitted 1 8
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 1 admitted 1 3
#105 University of Denver 2 2
#105 Drexel University 1 + 26 1 15 admitted 4 47
#105 University of Oregon 1 + 1
#115 Loyola University Chicago 2 2
#115 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Newark Campus 1 1
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 3 1 admitted 5
#121 Temple University 1 + 16 1 8 admitted 3 29
#121 University of Vermont 1 + 3 1 5
#121 Chapman University 1 1
#121 Arizona State University 2 2
#137 University of Alabama 8 1 1 admitted 1 11
#137 DePaul University 1 1
#137 University of New Hampshire 1 1
#147 University of Saint Joseph 1 1
#151 Duquesne University 1 + 3 2 admitted 1 7
#182 SUNY University at Albany 1 1
University of Maryland: College Park 4 4 admitted 1 9
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 1 admitted 2
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2 2
University of Colorado Boulder 3 3 admitted 5 11
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 1
Rutgers University 2 1 admitted 3
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 2 2
Penn State University Park 1 + 38 1 20 admitted 3 63
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 2 1 2 admitted 6
College of William and Mary 1 + 2 3
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2019-2021 2016-2020 2017-2019 Total
All schools 27 101 25 76 26
#1 Williams College 1 + 8 1 4 admitted 1 15
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 2
#4 Swarthmore College 1 + 3 1 admitted 1 6
#5 Wellesley College 1 1 admitted 1 3
#6 Carleton College 2 2
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 1 admitted 3
#11 Middlebury College 1 + 3 1 5 admitted 2 12
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 1 admitted 1 4
#13 Davidson College 1 1 admitted 1 3
#13 Vassar College 1 + 1 1 1 admitted 1 5
#13 Smith College 1 + 1 admitted 1 3
#15 Hamilton College 1 + 2 2 admitted 5
#15 Grinnell College 3 1 3 admitted 7
#18 Barnard College 1 + 5 1 5 admitted 12
#18 University of Richmond 3 5 admitted 2 10
#18 Colgate University 1 + 5 1 1 admitted 1 9
#18 Wesleyan University 1 + 5 1 1 admitted 1 9
#18 Haverford College 1 + 4 1 2 admitted 1 9
#24 Colby College 1 1 admitted 2
#25 Bates College 1 + 2 1 4
#27 Colorado College 1 1 admitted 2
#27 Macalester College 2 2
#29 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1 1 3
#31 Kenyon College 1 2 admitted 1 4
#31 Bryn Mawr College 4 1 2 admitted 7
#33 Pitzer College 1 + 1 1 1 admitted 1 5
#33 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 2 3
#36 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 1 admitted 3
#37 Bucknell University 1 + 2 3 admitted 1 7
#37 Occidental College 1 + 1 1 3 admitted 3 9
#39 Skidmore College 4 1 3 admitted 8
#39 Trinity College 1 + 2 1 4
#39 Lafayette College 1 + 2 1 1 admitted 5
#46 Furman University 1 1 admitted 1 3
#51 Dickinson College 1 + 4 1 5 admitted 2 13
#55 Connecticut College 1 + 3 1 5
#60 Bard College 3 1 admitted 4
#61 Gettysburg College 1 2 admitted 3
Oberlin College 3 3
Union College 1 + 2 1 2 admitted 1 7
Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 10 1 10 admitted 1 23
United States Military Academy 1 + 2 1 2 admitted 1 7

Academics

Sports

(13)
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Dance
Field Hockey
Golf
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Dance
Field Hockey
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(38)
A.F.A.R. (Anything Fine Arts Related)
A.G.C. (Anime
Games
and Comics )
A.S.A. (Asian Students Association)
Baldwin Ventures
A.F.A.R. (Anything Fine Arts Related)
A.G.C. (Anime
Games
and Comics )
A.S.A. (Asian Students Association)
Baldwin Ventures
BETA
B.S.U. (Black Students Union)
Cradles to Crayons
Creative Writing Diversity Club
Enviro Club
G.L.I. (Girls Learn International)
H.S.A. (Hispanic Students Association)
Interact Club
JCA (Jewish Cultural Alliance)
KIVA
Korean Language and Culture Club
Maskers
Melting Pot
Modern Science
PAW (Promotion of Animal Welfare)
Spectrum
Technology
T.A.C. (Teens Aware of Cancer)
Young Democrats Club
Young Republicans Club
Publications
Expectations of Club
Florilège (French Literary Magazine)
Prism (Yearbook)
Roman Candle
Clubs Requiring Tryouts
Lamplighters
Mock Trial
Model Congress
Model U.N.
Moot Court
Peer Counseling
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Arts

(7)
Jazz
Music Theory
Theater
Ceramics
Painting
Sculpture
Jazz
Music Theory
Theater
Ceramics
Painting
Sculpture
Art
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Basic Info

All-girls
Day S. Grades: K-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1888
Campus Size: 25 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling
Interview: On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
SSAT: 1468
ISEE: 390480
Recommended
Recommended
Boarding
George School United States Flag
4.5

Frequently Ask Questions about The Baldwin School

Tell me a bit about The Baldwin School.
The Baldwin School is All-girls private day school located in Pennsylvania, US. It was founded 1888 , and currently has about 575 students, 10.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.baldwinschool.org.
Does The Baldwin School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Baldwin School also have 80% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Baldwin School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 56.6% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 113.21% go to top 25, and about 24.53% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for The Baldwin School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Baldwin 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 The Baldwin School’s All-girls student?
The total fee for The Baldwin School in 2024 is $43,900 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 dcollins@baldwinschool.org .
Where is The Baldwin School located?
The Baldwin School is located in the State of Pennsylvania of USA. The closest major city is Philadelphia, which is about 9 miles away from school. Most families can choose Philadelphia International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is The Baldwin School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Baldwin School is among the most popular schools, within top 165 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Baldwin School has been favorited by 145 users.
How to start with an application with The Baldwin School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Baldwin School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Baldwin School’s official site: http://www.baldwinschool.org or call them at 610-525-2700.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Baldwin School?
Yes, here are few: The Shipley School, Friends School Haverford and The Haverford School.

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

The section ratings of The Baldwin School are:
A+ for Matriculation
A- for Academics
B+ for Extracurriculum
A+ for Community
A- 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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