Education at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study education, 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 has a total student population of 1,437. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in education from Swarthmore.

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

Swarthmore Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Swarthmore Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. 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
Most Focused Education Schools	1,248
Most Popular Education Schools	1,434

Education Student Demographics at Swarthmore

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in education from Swarthmore in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at Swarthmore College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Swarthmore College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	12
Other Education	12

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Elementary School Teachers	55,200	$66,860
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Teacher Assistants	46,610	$26,640
Middle School Teachers	21,640	$67,950
Preschool Teachers	13,480	$29,250

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nelson Pavlosky under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.