The Shipley School

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Community A+

Reviews B+

The Shipley School is an independent, coeducational day school in Bryn Mawr for pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world.
Our small classes nurture individual learning. With an average of 15 students per class and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7:1, every student has access to the teachers’ time and attention—and every teacher is able to support and challenge their students as individuals.

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Current School

Tuition

$45400

Enrollment

780

International Students

2.8%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

75%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:7

Endowment

$1.6 millions

Average SAT Score

1315

Average ACT Score

30.5

Class Size

Matriculation

(2018-2022)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#1	Princeton University	1
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1
#3	Harvard College	1
#3	Stanford University	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
#12	Dartmouth College	1
#13	Brown University	1
#13	Vanderbilt 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1
#29	Wake Forest University	1
LAC #6	United States Naval Academy	1
#32	Tufts University	1
#32	University of California: Santa Barbara	1
#34	University of California: Irvine	1
#36	Boston College	1
#36	University of Rochester	1
#38	University of California: Davis	1
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1
#38	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1
#41	Boston University	1
#44	Brandeis 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	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1
#51	Villanova University	1
#55	Pepperdine University	1
#55	University of Miami	1
#55	University of Washington	1
LAC #11	Middlebury College	1
LAC #11	Washington and Lee University	1
#62	George Washington University	1
#62	Syracuse University	1
#62	University of Pittsburgh	1
#62	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1
LAC #13	Smith College	1
LAC #13	Vassar College	1
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1
#72	American University	1
#72	Fordham University	1
#72	Indiana University Bloomington	1
#72	Southern Methodist University	1
LAC #15	Davidson College	1
LAC #15	Grinnell College	1
LAC #15	Hamilton College	1
#77	Baylor University	1
#77	Clemson University	1
#77	Michigan State University	1
#84	Bennington College	1
#89	Elon University	1
#89	Howard University	1
#89	Texas Christian University	1
#89	University of Delaware	1
#89	Ursinus College	1
LAC #18	Barnard College	1
LAC #18	Colgate University	1
LAC #18	Haverford College	1
LAC #18	University of Richmond	1
LAC #18	Wesleyan University	1
	Auburn University	1
#105	Drexel University	1
#105	Rochester Institute of Technology	1
#105	University of San Francisco	1
#105	University of Utah	1
#107	Randolph-Macon College	1
#111	Drew University	1
#115	Fairfield University	1
#115	University of South Carolina: Columbia	1
LAC #24	Colby College	1
#121	Temple University	1
#121	University of Vermont	1
#124	Morehouse College	1
LAC #25	Bates College	1
#127	Samford University	1
LAC #27	Colorado College	1
LAC #27	Macalester College	1
#137	University of Alabama	1
#151	James Madison University	1
#151	San Diego State University	1
#151	University of Mississippi	1
LAC #31	Bryn Mawr College	1
LAC #31	Kenyon College	1
LAC #33	College of the Holy Cross	1
#166	California State University: Fullerton	1
#166	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1
#182	Belmont University	1
#182	University of Rhode Island	1
LAC #37	Bucknell University	1
#194	Chatham University	1
LAC #39	Denison University	1
LAC #39	Lafayette College	1
LAC #39	Skidmore College	1
LAC #39	Trinity College	1
#202	La Salle University	1
#202	Loyola University New Orleans	1
LAC #45	Furman University	1
#250	Immaculata University	1
#250	University of North Dakota	1
#250	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	1
LAC #51	Dickinson College	1
#263	Florida Atlantic University	1
#299	Shenandoah University	1
LAC #61	Gettysburg College	1
	Arcadia University	1
	Art Center College of Design	1
	Bakersfield College	1
	Berklee College of Music	1
	binghamton university, state university of new york	1
	Boston Conservatory at Berklee	1
	Bowling Green State University: Firelands College	1
	Cabrini University	1
	Champlain College	1
	Clarion University of Pennsylvania	1
	Clark Atlanta University	1
	College of Charleston	1
	College of William and Mary	1
	Culinary Institute of America	1
	Elizabethtown College	1
	Emerson College	1
	Fashion Institute of Technology	1
	Franklin & Marshall College	1
	Franklin University Switzerland	1
	High Point University	1
	Hillsborough Community College	1
	Ithaca College	1
	Johnson & Wales University: Providence	1
	Loughborough University	1
	Loyola University Maryland	1
	Lynn University	1
	McGill University	1
	Oberlin College	1
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1
	Penn State University Park	1
	Queens University of Charlotte	1
	Rhode Island School of Design	1
	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	1
	Saint Joseph's University	1
	Salisbury University	1
	Salve Regina University	1
	Savannah College of Art and Design	1
	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	1
	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	1
	Stetson University	1
	The New School College of Performing Arts	1
	Union College	1
	United States Merchant Marine Academy	1
	University of Akron	1
	University of Colorado Boulder	1
	University of Edinburgh	1
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1
	University of Maryland: College Park	1
	University of Scranton	1
	University of Tampa	1
	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1
	University of Toronto	1
	Williamson College of the Trades	1

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2018-2022	2017-2021	2016-2020	2019	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	98	97	158	54	111
#1	Princeton University	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1	1				2
#3	Stanford University	1	1			1 +	3
#3	Harvard College	1	1	1 +		4 +	7
#5	Yale University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#6	University of Pennsylvania	1	1 +	4 +	5	4 +	15
#7	Duke University	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#9	Northwestern University	1	1 +	4 +		4 +	10
#9	Brown University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#12	Columbia University	1	1				2
#12	University of Chicago	1	1 +	4 +		1 +	7
#12	Cornell University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#15	University of California: Berkeley	1	1	1 +			3
#15	University of California: Los Angeles	1	1	1 +	1		4
#18	Dartmouth College	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#18	Vanderbilt University	1	1 +	4 +	1	4 +	11
#20	University of Notre Dame		1	1 +		1 +	3
#21	University of Michigan	1	1 +	4 +		4 +	10
#22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1	1 +	1 +	2	1 +	6
#22	Georgetown University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#24	University of Virginia	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#24	Emory University	1	1 +	4 +		4 +	10
#24	Carnegie Mellon University		1	1 +		1 +	3
#24	Washington University in St. Louis	1	1 +	1 +	2	1 +	6
#28	University of California: Davis	1					1
#28	University of Southern California	1	1	4 +	1	1 +	8
#28	University of California: San Diego		1	1 +	1		3
#33	University of California: Irvine	1	1				2
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#35	New York University	1	1 +	4 +	3	4 +	13
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1	1		1	4 +	7
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara	1	1				2
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1	1	1 +	1		4
#39	Boston College	1	1 +	1 +		1 +	4
#40	Tufts University	1	1 +	1 +	1	1 +	5
#40	University of Washington	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#43	Boston University	1	1 +	4 +		4 +	10
#47	University of Rochester	1	1 +	1 +		1 +	4
#47	Wake Forest University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1	1				2
#47	Lehigh University	1	1 +	4 +		4 +	10
#51	Purdue University	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#53	Northeastern University	1	1 +	4 +	3	4 +	13
#53	College of William and Mary	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#53	Case Western Reserve University	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#58	University of Connecticut					1 +	1
#60	Michigan State University	1	1	1 +			3
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1				1 +	2
#60	Brandeis University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#67	George Washington University	1	1 +	4 +	1	4 +	11
#67	University of Pittsburgh	1	1 +	4 +	2	4 +	12
#67	Villanova University	1	1 +	4 +	1		7
#67	University of Miami	1	1 +	4 +		4 +	10
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1		1 +			2
#67	Syracuse University	1	1 +	4 +	4	4 +	14
#73	Indiana University Bloomington	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#73	Tulane University	1	1 +	4 +	4	4 +	14
#76	Pepperdine University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#76	University of Delaware	1	1				2
#82	University of California: Santa Cruz					1 +	1
#86	Clemson University	1				1 +	2
#89	Temple University	1	1 +	4 +			6
#89	Southern Methodist University	1	1 +	1 +	1		4
#89	Fordham University	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#93	Auburn University	1		1 +			2
#93	Baylor University	1	1				2
#93	Loyola Marymount University				1		1
#98	Texas Christian University	1	1				2
#98	Drexel University	1	1 +	4 +	1	4 +	11
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology	1	1 +	4 +			6
#105	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1	1				2
#105	Saint Louis University				2		2
#105	American University	1	1	1 +	2		5
#105	University of Colorado Boulder	1	1 +	4 +	2	1 +	9
#105	San Diego State University	1	1	1 +			3
#115	University of San Francisco	1	1	1 +			3
#115	Howard University	1	1	1 +			3
#115	University of Arizona		1	1 +			2
#115	University of Utah	1	1	1 +			3
#124	James Madison University	1					1
#124	University of South Carolina: Columbia	1	1	1 +			3
#124	Fairfield University	1	1 +	1 +			3
#124	University of Denver		1	1 +		1 +	3
#133	University of Vermont	1	1 +	4 +		1 +	7
#133	Chapman University		1	1 +			2
#133	Elon University	1	1 +	4 +	1		7
#133	California State University: Fullerton	1					1
#137	University of Alabama	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#142	Clark University					1 +	1
#142	University of Cincinnati		1	1 +			2
#151	University of Rhode Island	1	1				2
#163	University of Mississippi	1	1	1 +			3
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1	1				2
#185	Samford University	1	1				2
#201	La Salle University	1	1	1 +			3
#201	The New School College of Performing Arts	1	1	1 +			3
#209	Chatham University	1					1
#209	Florida Atlantic University	1	1	1 +			3
#209	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	1	1	1 +			3
#227	Widener University		1	1 +			2
#236	Belmont University	1	1	1 +			3
#236	University of North Dakota	1	1	1 +			3
#260	Loyola University New Orleans	1	1	1 +			3
#280	Immaculata University	1					1
#304	Shenandoah University	1	1	1 +			3
#320	Cleveland State University		1	1 +			2
#361	Clark Atlanta University	1	1	1 +			3
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1	1	1 +	1		4
	University of Maryland: College Park	1	1	1 +			3
	Penn State University Park	1	1 +	4 +	3	4 +	13
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1		1 +		1 +	3

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2018-2022	2017-2021	2016-2020	2019	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	39	37	56	19	40
#1	Williams College	1					1
#2	Amherst College	1	1				2
#3	United States Naval Academy	1					1
#4	Swarthmore College	1	1	4 +		1 +	7
#11	Wesleyan University	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#11	Barnard College	1					1
#11	Middlebury College	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#11	Grinnell College	1	1	1 +			3
#16	Davidson College	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#16	Vassar College	1	1	1 +			3
#16	Smith College	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#16	Hamilton College	1	1	1 +		4 +	7
#21	Colgate University	1	1 +	1 +		4 +	7
#21	Washington and Lee University	1	1	1 +			3
#21	Haverford College	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#24	Bates College	1	1 +	4 +	3	1 +	10
#25	Colby College	1	1 +	1 +	2	1 +	6
#25	University of Richmond	1	1 +	4 +	2	1 +	9
#27	Macalester College	1	1	1 +			3
#27	College of the Holy Cross	1					1
#30	Bryn Mawr College	1	1				2
#30	Lafayette College	1	1	1 +	2	4 +	9
#30	Bucknell University	1	1	1 +		1 +	4
#33	Colorado College	1	1	1 +			3
#35	Occidental College			1 +		1 +	2
#35	Franklin & Marshall College	1	1 +	4 +	4	1 +	11
#38	Union College					1 +	1
#38	Skidmore College	1	1	1 +	1	1 +	5
#39	Trinity College	1	1	4 +		4 +	10
#39	Kenyon College	1	1				2
#39	Denison University	1	1				2
#45	Union College	1	1	1 +	1		4
#46	Connecticut College					1 +	1
#46	Furman University	1	1	1 +			3
#46	Dickinson College	1	1 +	4 +	1	4 +	11
#63	Gettysburg College	1	1 +	4 +		4 +	10
#70	Muhlenberg College			1 +			1
#70	Hobart and William Smith Colleges		1	1 +			2
#82	Juniata College		1	1 +			2
#86	Ursinus College	1	1 +	1 +			3
#93	Drew University	1	1	1 +			3
#100	Morehouse College	1	1	1 +			3
#107	Susquehanna University		1	1 +			2
#107	Randolph-Macon College	1	1	1 +			3
#112	Bennington College	1					1
	Oberlin College	1	1	1 +		1 +	4

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2018-2022	2017-2021	2016-2020	2019	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	2	2	0	0	0
#1	University of Toronto	1	1				2
#3	McGill University	1	1				2

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2018-2022	2017-2021	2016-2020	2019	2014-2018	Total
	All schools	2	0	0	0	0
#5	University of Edinburgh	1					1
#44	Loughborough University	1					1

Academics

AP

(1)

Studio Art: Drawing

Sports

(14)

Baseball	Basketball
Crew	Cross Country
Field Hockey	Golf

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(22)

Chess Club	DECA
Film Club	Food Club
GSA	Gardening Club

Arts

(10)

A Cappella	Band
Choir	Jazz
Music	Orchestra

School Link

Official website

Contact Info

www.shipleyschool.org

814 Yarrow Street, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

610-525-4300

admit@shipleyschool.org

Pennsylvania

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: PreK-12

Urban

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1894

Campus Size: 40 acres

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Interview: Skype, On Campus

Other Accepted Scores: ISEE

School Code:

TOEFL: B528

SSAT: 7348

ISEE: 390485

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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%

Nearby Airport Philadelphia International Airport

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Baseball	Basketball
Crew	Cross Country
Field Hockey	Golf
Lacrosse	Soccer
Softball	Squash
Swimming	Tennis
Track and Field	Volleyball

Chess Club	DECA
Film Club	Food Club
GSA	Gardening Club
Math Club	Media Club
Newspaper	Ping Pong Club
Puzzle Club	Reading Club
Yearbook	Yoga Club
Creative Writing Club	Environmental Club
International Club	Investment Club
Political Debate Club	Random Acts of Kindness
Science Olympiad	Student Government