is ranked 8th among liberal arts colleges in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings, and 24th among U.S. liberal arts colleges in the 2025 "Best Colleges" ranking by U.S News & World Report, and ranked 16th for "Best Value" and tied at 14th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching" among liberal arts colleges. Washington Monthly ranked Haverford 6th in 2024 among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. The college was ranked 72nd across 500 universities and colleges in the 2024–25 edition of Forbes' "Top Colleges", and 18th among liberal arts colleges alone. Niche ranked the school the 7th best national liberal arts college for 2021.
=== Graduates ===
According to the National Science Foundation, Haverford is sixth among liberal arts college, and eighth among all colleges and universities in the United States, in the proportion of its graduates who went on to earn PhDs across …