Literature at Swarthmore College

Every literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the literature program at Swarthmore College stacks up to those at other schools.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student received a bachelor's degree in literature from Swarthmore.

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

Swarthmore Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Literature

Swarthmore Literature Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks literature programs across the country. The following shows how Swarthmore performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The literature major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Literature. 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 Popular Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Most Focused Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35

Literature Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Literature Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 literature major earned their bachelor's degree from Swarthmore.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General English Literature

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in literature 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
English Language and Literature Professors	3,860	$75,970
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140

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.