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Overall
A
Matriculation A-
Academics A
Extracurriculars A-
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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School Stats

Average
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
14

Matriculation

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 2015-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 81 82 145 121 111
#1 Princeton University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#2 Harvard College 1 1 1 + 1 + 4 + 8
#2 Columbia University 1 1 2
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 1 2
#5 Yale University 1 1 1 + 1 1 + 5
#6 Stanford University 1 1 1 1 + 4
#6 University of Chicago 1 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 8
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#9 Duke University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Northwestern University 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#13 Dartmouth College 1 1 1 + 4 + 1 + 8
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 1 + 1 + 4 1 + 8
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 1 + 4 + 4 4 + 14
#14 Brown University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Cornell University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#21 Emory University 1 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 11
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 1 1 + 3
#23 Georgetown University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#23 University of Michigan 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#25 University of Virginia 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#27 University of Southern California 1 1 4 + 4 + 1 + 11
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 1 2
#28 Tufts University 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 + 5
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Wake Forest University 1 1 1 + 1 1 + 5
#28 New York University 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#34 University of Rochester 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 1 + 1 + 3
#36 Boston College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 1 2
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 1 1 + 1 4
#38 University of California: Davis 1 1
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 1 4 4 + 10
#42 Boston University 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#42 Brandeis University 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#42 Tulane University 1 1 + 4 + 4 4 + 14
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Northeastern University 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#49 Villanova University 1 1 + 4 + 4 10
#49 Purdue University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#49 Lehigh University 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#49 Pepperdine University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#55 University of Miami 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 + 1 + 3
#59 University of Washington 1 1 1 + 1 1 + 5
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#59 Syracuse University 1 1 + 4 + 4 4 + 14
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#63 George Washington University 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#63 University of Connecticut 1 + 1
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 1 + 1 + 3
#68 Fordham University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#75 Clemson University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 1 2
#75 Baylor University 1 1 2
#79 American University 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#83 Texas Christian University 1 1 1 3
#83 Michigan State University 1 1 1 + 3
#83 Elon University 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 10
#83 Howard University 1 1 1 + 3
#93 University of Denver 1 1 + 1 + 3
#93 University of Delaware 1 1 2
#99 University of Utah 1 1 1 + 3
#99 Auburn University 1 1 + 2
#103 University of San Francisco 1 1 1 + 3
#103 Temple University 1 1 + 4 + 6
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 + 1 + 2
#103 Clark University 1 + 1 + 2
#103 University of Arizona 1 1 + 2
#103 Drexel University 1 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 11
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 1 + 4 + 6
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 1 1 + 3
#117 University of Vermont 1 1 + 4 + 1 + 7
#122 Chapman University 1 1 + 2
#136 Samford University 1 1 2
#148 University of Cincinnati 1 1 + 2
#148 University of Alabama 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#148 San Diego State University 1 1 1 + 3
College of William and Mary 1 1 1 + 1 1 + 5
University of Colorado Boulder 1 1 + 4 + 1 + 7
Penn State University Park 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 1 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2018-2022 2017-2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 2014-2018 Total
All schools 34 30 48 40 40
#1 Williams College 1 1
#2 Amherst College 1 1 2
#3 Swarthmore College 1 1 4 + 4 1 + 11
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 1
#9 Middlebury College 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 1 1 + 3
#13 Hamilton College 1 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 11
#13 Davidson College 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#13 Grinnell College 1 1 1 + 3
#16 Haverford College 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Colby College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Colgate University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 8
#17 Barnard College 1 1
#17 Wesleyan University 1 1 1 + 1 1 + 5
#17 Smith College 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#22 University of Richmond 1 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 8
#22 Vassar College 1 1 1 + 3
#25 Bates College 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 11
#26 Colorado College 1 1 1 + 3
#27 Macalester College 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#30 Kenyon College 1 1 2
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 1 2
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 1
#38 Lafayette College 1 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 11
#38 Skidmore College 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 Bucknell University 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 Union College 1 + 1
#42 Denison University 1 1 2
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#46 Trinity College 1 1 4 + 4 + 10
#46 Furman University 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#50 Dickinson College 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 14
#50 Connecticut College 1 + 1 + 2
#54 Gettysburg College 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 10
Union College 1 1 1 + 1 4
Oberlin College 1 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Franklin & Marshall College 1 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 11

Academics

AP

(1)
Studio Art: Drawing

Sports

(14)
Baseball
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Golf
Baseball
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(22)
Chess Club
DECA
Film Club
Food Club
GSA
Gardening Club
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
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Arts

(10)
A Cappella
Band
Choir
Jazz
Music
Orchestra
A Cappella
Band
Choir
Jazz
Music
Orchestra
Production
Theater
2D Studio Art
Drawing
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School Link

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
IB: No
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
Recommended
Boarding
Blair Academy United States Flag
5.0
Recommended
Boarding
Solebury School United States Flag
4.2

Frequently Ask Questions about The Shipley School

Tell me a bit about The Shipley School.
The Shipley School is Co-ed private day school located in Pennsylvania, US. It was founded 1894 , and currently has about 780 students, 2.80% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit www.shipleyschool.org.
Does The Shipley School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Shipley School is offering 1 AP courses.

The Shipley School also have 75% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Shipley School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 4.05% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 6.9% go to top 25, and about 1.9% 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 Shipley School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Shipley 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 Shipley School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Shipley School in 2024 is $45,400 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 admit@shipleyschool.org .
Where is The Shipley School located?
The Shipley 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 Shipley School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Shipley School is among the most popular schools, within top 150 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Shipley School has been favorited by 164 users.
How to start with an application with The Shipley School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Shipley School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Shipley School’s official site: www.shipleyschool.org or call them at 610-525-4300.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Shipley School?
Yes, here are few: The Baldwin School, Friends School Haverford and Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy.

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

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

Nearby City

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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