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History at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study history, 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, 11 history majors received their bachelor's degree 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: 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 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools 179
Most Popular History Schools 670

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

55% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Swarthmore. About 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.

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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.

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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.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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