Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy
Location
20 Main Street Exeter, New Hampshire 03833
Information
Type	Independent day boarding
Motto	Latin: Non Sibi ("not for oneself") Latin: Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Greek: Χάριτι Θεοῦ ("By the Grace of God")
Established	1781; 243 years ago (1781)
Founder	John Phillips Elizabeth Phillips[nb 1]
CEEB code	300185
Principal	William K. Rawson
Faculty	217
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	1,078[nb 2]
Average class size	12 students
Student to teacher ratio	6:1
Campus size	700 acres (280 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Lively Maroon and Grey
Athletics	22 Interscholastic sports 62 Interscholastic teams
Athletics conference	NEPSAC SSL
Team name	Big Red
Rival	Phillips Academy (Andover)
Accreditation	NAIS TABS
Newspaper	The Exonian
Yearbook	PEAN
Endowment	$1.5 billion (June 30, 2023)
Annual tuition	$64,789 (boarding) $50,604 (day)[2]
Affiliations	Eight Schools Association G30 Schools Ten Schools Admissions Organization
Alumni	Old Exonians
Website	exeter.edu

Phillips Exeter Academy (often called Exeter or PEA) is a coeducational university preparatory private school for boarding and day students in grades 9 through 12, including postgraduate students. Located in Exeter, New Hampshire and founded in 1781, it is the sixth-oldest boarding school in the United States.

Exeter's financial endowment stands at $1.5 billion as of June 30, 2023, and its $1.4 million endowment per student exceeds that of most colleges and universities. Along with its athletic rival Phillips Academy (Andover), Exeter is one of only two co-ed high schools in the United States to both admit students on a need-blind basis and provide financial aid covering 100% of students' demonstrated financial need. The academy's financial resources also allow Exeter to teach classes using the Harkness system, a seminar-based conference format where a small group of students interacts with minimal teacher involvement. In the 1930s, Exeter became the first school to adopt the Harkness system.

Exeter has educated several generations of the New England establishment and prominent American politicians, as well as entrepreneurs and business leaders. The academy's list of notable alumni includes U.S. President Franklin Pierce, U.S. Secretary of War Robert Lincoln, and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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