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Computer & Information Sciences at Swarthmore College

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Computer & Information Sciences at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study computer and information sciences, take a look at what Swarthmore College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 59 computer and information sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Swarthmore.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Swarthmore Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Swarthmore Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at Swarthmore compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 14
15
Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 283
Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Schools 778

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Swarthmore

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

37% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 59 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer & Information Sciences from Swarthmore in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 20
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Swarthmore also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

The following computer and information sciences concentations are available at Swarthmore College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Swarthmore College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems 59

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Software Applications Developers 28,260 $96,370
Computer User Support Specialists 22,790 $52,370
Computer Systems Analysts 21,910 $95,990
Computer Workers 19,010 $87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers 13,070 $146,860

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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