History at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Swarthmore.

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

Swarthmore History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Swarthmore History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history 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 history major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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 History Schools	196

History Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Swarthmore in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Swarthmore are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within History

The following history 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
History	11

Related Majors

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

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
History Professors	1,000	$93,300
Curators	670	$53,840
Museum Technicians and Conservators	600	$42,700

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.