Phillips Exeter Academy
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Coeducational boarding and day school in Exeter, NH, known for the Harkness method and need-blind admission.
Phillips Exeter Academy is a coeducational boarding and day school founded in 1781 in Exeter, New Hampshire. The school is widely recognized for the Harkness method of teaching, where students and faculty learn together around a shared table.
Exeter enrolls students in grades 9 through 12 and a post-graduate year. The academy offers need-blind admission for U.S. applicants and meets demonstrated financial need for admitted students. Campus life includes extensive arts, athletics, and student organizations on a historic New England campus.
The Admissions Office is located at Bissell House, 60 Front Street. Families may visit campus, attend virtual events, and apply through the official admissions portal on exeter.edu.
Exeter enrolls students in grades 9 through 12 and a post-graduate year. The academy offers need-blind admission for U.S. applicants and meets demonstrated financial need for admitted students. Campus life includes extensive arts, athletics, and student organizations on a historic New England campus.
The Admissions Office is located at Bissell House, 60 Front Street. Families may visit campus, attend virtual events, and apply through the official admissions portal on exeter.edu.
Contact & details
- Address
- 20 Main Street, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833
- Established
- 1781
- Grades / levels
- Grades 9–12, Post-Graduate
- Boards / curriculum
- Harkness discussion-based learning, Advanced Placement (AP)
- Programs
- Boarding and day programs, arts, athletics, global programs
- Languages
- English; world language courses offered
- Accreditation
- NEASC accredited
- admit@exeter.edu
- Phone
- 603-777-3437
- Admissions email
- admit@exeter.edu
- Admissions phone
- 603-777-3437