Engineering at Swarthmore College

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Swarthmore College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,437.

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

Swarthmore Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Swarthmore Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Engineering Bachelor’s Program

39% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering 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 Engineering	23

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Mechanical Engineers	16,590	$85,740
Civil Engineers	12,530	$88,740
Industrial Engineers	9,280	$86,080
Electrical Engineers	8,870	$94,870

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
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