Class of 2030 Student Profile

Furman’s Class of 2030 is comprised of more than 700 bright and innovative students from across the country and around the world. Find out more about our newest Paladins who are dedicated to excellence in academics and real-world impact.

Application Overview

  • 8995
    Applications
  • 4174
    Admitted
  • 715
    Enrolled

Enrolled First-Year Students by Application Plan

  • 17%
    Early Decision
  • 63%
    Early Action
  • 20%
    Regular Decision

Demographics

  • 59%
    Female
  • 41%
    Male
  • 29%
    Racial and Ethnic Diversity (Including International Students)
  • 37
    States represented
  • 38
    Countries represented

High School Representation

  • 63%
    Public School
  • 32%
    Private School
  • 5%
    Home School/Other

Geographic Representation

  • 12%
    Mid-Atlantic/Northeast
  • 10%
    Midwest/West
  • 55%
    SC, NC, GA
  • 13%
    Southeast (other)
  • 9%
    International

Academic Profile

Furman practices a holistic, selective admission process in which we assess traditional measures of academic success — rigor of curriculum, grades and test scores (optional), as well as extracurricular involvement, special talents and life experience. Beyond the application, we value personally connecting with each applicant in order to get to know students better and learn more about their interest in Furman. Our goal each year is to enroll a well-rounded first-year class, academically accomplished and diverse in every dimension.

  • 3.68
    Unweighted Core GPA (4.0 scale)
  • 1,367
    SAT
    (Comprised of students who applied under Test Review)
  • 31
    ACT
    (Comprised of students who applied under Test Review)
  • 50%
    Test Optional %

Activities & Accomplishments

  • 15
    Valedictorian
  • 6
    Salutatorian
  • 141
    Top 10% of Graduating Class
  • 168
    Sports Teams Captains
  • 13
    Student Body Presidents
  • 138
    Student Organization Presidents
  • 178
    National Honor Society Members
  • 182
    2-Sport Varsity Athletes
  • 85
    Recognized with Award on State or National Level
  • 15
    Eagle Scout/Girl Scout Gold Award
  • 214
    Significant Involvement in Community Service
  • 81
    Leader in Musical Group
  • 95
    Lived Outside US
  • 106
    Club or Organization Founder
  • 43
    Editor of School Publication
  • 72
    Theatre Star
  • 21
    Involved with Mock Trial
  • 71
    Visual Artist

Distinct Involvement

  • 1
    Student blacksmiths as a hobby
  • 1
    Restores and repairs classic and modern cars as head of school's mechanic club
  • 1
    Spent a summer studying geothermal fields and environmental changes in Iceland
  • 1
    Owns a farm-to-table peach business
  • 1
    3x golf state champion
  • 1
    USA development team for sailing
  • 1
    Competitive fencer
  • 1
    Founder and host of a podcast promoting wildlife protection and biodiversity awareness
  • 1
    Developed a low-cost air purifier using a homemade activated charcoal to promote environmental awareness
  • 1
    Invented directional audio headphones to help improve the safety of the visually impaired
  • 1
    Rock climbs as a hobby, has been rock climbing since they were 5 years old
  • 1
    YouTube animator - has own YouTube channel of their own animations

    Captain of the robotics team
  • 1
    Created a resource with information of Higher Ed and Charter Schools' Title IX coordinators for each state which consisted of over 1000 schools
  • 1
    Conducted sea turtle research and is a certified scuba diver
  • 1
    Completed a literature review on the effects of long COVID on the brain. Student also watched a live brain dissection as a part of her research
  • 1
    Worked with sustainable farming initatives in Lebanon and Dubai
  • 1
    Founder of a student biotech startup that applys modern biochemistry to herbal medicine innovation
  • 1
    Founder of a sustainable ethnic textile start-up
  • 1
    Launched and co-manages an online slime business
  • 1
    Gave a youth TED talk on wasted potential and how to overcome procrastination
  • 1
    Self-learned tarot reader