Swarthmore College Overview
Located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College is a private not-for-profit institution. The suburban atmosphere of Swarthmore makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.
What Is Swarthmore College Known For?
- Swarthmore has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 8 to 1.
- The 1% student loan default rate at Swarthmore is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
- The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Swarthmore.
- In <nil>, 92% of the faculty were full-time.
- A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore makes roughly $80,398 a year. This is 97% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
- It takes the average Swarthmore student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.
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Where Is Swarthmore College?
Contact details for Swarthmore are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081 |
Phone: | 610-328-8000 |
Website: | www.swarthmore.edu |
How Do I Get Into Swarthmore?
You can apply to Swarthmore online at: www.swarthmore.edu/admissions-aid/apply-to-swarthmore
Admission Requirements for Swarthmore
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | Considered but not required |
High School Rank | Considered but not required |
High School Transcript | Required |
College Prep Program | Recommended |
Recommendations | Required |
SAT or ACT Scores | Considered but not required |
TOEFL | Recommended |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Swarthmore?
Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 9%, and the acceptance rate for women is 7%.
Average Test Scores
About 39% of students accepted to Swarthmore submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 770. Math scores were between 720 and 790.
Can I Afford Swarthmore College?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Swarthmore, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $9,904 a year. That adds up to $39,616 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Swarthmore is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Swarthmore College Undergraduate Student Diversity
Gender Diversity
Of the 1,649 full-time undergraduates at Swarthmore, 50% are male and 50% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Swarthmore College students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 287 |
Black or African American | 127 |
Hispanic or Latino | 225 |
White | 549 |
International Students | 255 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 206 |
Geographic Diversity
Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Swarthmore College. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 57 countries are represented at Swarthmore. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.
Online Learning at Swarthmore College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Swarthmore has changed over the last few years.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Image Credit: By Nelson Pavlosky under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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