Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania · Private · 1,799 undergraduates · fandm.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
32%
of 9,634 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1310 to 1470
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$100,030Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Franklin and Marshall College
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
32% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$100,030
a year in 2027-28, from a $100,030 sticker price
What to do with your 1390
Send your score
About 64% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1250, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: Admission & Aid | Franklin & Marshall College · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov15Early Decision · November 15, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Jan15Early Decision II · January 15, 2027A second binding round, after Early Decision.
- Jan15Regular Decision · January 15, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
32%
of applicants were admitted: 3,047 of 9,634 for fall 2025.
Early Decision
Binding. 30% of early applicants were admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 31% of them sent SAT scores and 7% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1310 to 1470
Reading and Writing 650 to 730
Math 650 to 760
ACT composite 29 to 32
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160050%
- 1200 to 139945%
- 1000 to 11995%
- 800 to 9990%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$100,030
a year
- Tuition$78,900
- Fees$510
- Food and housing$18,070
- Books and supplies$870
- Transportation and other$1,680
Franklin and Marshall College published $92,480 for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$20,059
- $30,001 to $48,000$16,521
- $48,001 to $75,000$14,636
- $75,001 to $110,000$19,911
- Over $110,000$48,580
Financial aid
100%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$58,569
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
35%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $23,632 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Required. It's a second, more detailed aid form some colleges use for their own grants.
- Aid deadline: 1/15
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
43 of 43
Earn credit with a score of 3
None
You need a 4 or 5 for credit here.
A 3-credit course is worth
about $7,890Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 4 | 1 | ART Elective |
| 3-D Art and Design | 4 | 1 | ART Elective |
| African American Studies | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| Art History | 4 | 1 | HAA Elective |
| Biology | 4 | 1 | BIO 179 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 1 | MAT 109 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 1 | MAT 109 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 4 | 1 | MAT 109 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 1 | CHM 179 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 1 | CHN 202 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 1 | GOV 179 (If credit is awarded for both U.S. and Comparative Govt. & Politics, one credit is general elective and one credit is GOV 101, Power and Politics.) |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 1 | CPS 111 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| Drawing | 4 | 1 | ART Elective |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| European History | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| European History | 5 | 1 | HIS 121 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 1 | FRN 250 (satisfies Language Study requirement; placement required for further study) |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 1 | GER 202 |
| Human Geography | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 1 | ITA 202 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 1 | JPN 201 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 1 | JPN 301 |
| Latin | 4 | 1 | LAT 179 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 1 | General Elective (if credit is awarded for both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, one credit is General Elective and one credit is ECO 100) |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 1 | General Elective (if credit is awarded for both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, one credit is General Elective and one credit is ECO 100) |
| Music Aural Subscore | 5 | .5 | MUS 224 |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 4 | 1 | MUS 100 |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 5 | 1 | MUS 200 |
| Music Theory | 4 | 1 | MUS 100 |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 1 | PHY 101 |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 1 | PHY 102 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 1 | PHY 112 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 1 | PHY 111 |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | 1 | MAT 105 |
| Psychology | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| Research | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| Seminar | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 1 | SPA 202 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 1 | SPA 221 |
| Statistics | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 1 | GOV 178 |
| United States History | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
| United States History | 5 | 1 | HIS 138 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 1 | General Elective |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
79%
Come back for a second year
90%
Typical earnings
$81,484
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Franklin and Marshall College$93,675
- All colleges$57,284
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 6 majors here have earnings data.
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