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Student Review

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Phillips Exeter Academy is famous for its Harkness method of teaching. The Harkness method emphasizes student participation, the professor functions as a very smart member of the discussion. The best teachers can subtly guide conversation in a productive direction without being overbearing. Exeter does not really teach you alot of information, instead it teaches you something much more valuable: how to think and learn. Facts will soon be forgetten but he a...  read more

- Yale University, Phillips Exeter Academy

Faculty with Advanced Degree

Phillips Exeter Academy

83 %

Top 30 Boarding Schools

72 %

Top 50 High Schools

68 %

Endowment

Phillips Exeter Academy

$ 1,007 million (US)

Top 30 Boarding Schools

$ 187 million (US)

Top 50 High Schools

$ 113 million (US)

Endowment per Student

Phillips Exeter Academy

$ 0.98 million (US)

Top 30 Boarding Schools

$ 0.33 million (US)

Top 50 High Schools

$ 0.16 million (US)

AP Courses Offered

Phillips Exeter Academy

19 (courses)

Top 30 Boarding Schools

16 (courses)

Top 50 High Schools

14 (courses)

Student Receiving Aid

Phillips Exeter Academy

35 %

Top 30 Boarding Schools

31 %

Top 50 High Schools

24 %

Average Class Size

Phillips Exeter Academy

12 (students)

Top 30 Boarding Schools

12 (students)

Top 50 High Schools

14 (students)

Day Tuition

Phillips Exeter Academy

$ 32,805 (US)

Top 30 Boarding Schools

$ 31,126 (US)

Top 50 High Schools

$ 31,051 (US)

Boarding Tuition

Phillips Exeter Academy

$ 42,605 (US)

Top 30 Boarding Schools

$ 44,760 (US)

Top 50 High Schools

$ 44,135 (US)