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Mathematics at Swarthmore College

Mathematics at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study mathematics, 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.

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

Swarthmore Mathematics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Swarthmore Mathematics Rankings

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

Math Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

37% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 math.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 17
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Concentrations Within Mathematics

The following math 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
General Mathematics 36

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810
Statisticians 3,710 $85,180
Mathematical Science Professors 2,460 $88,390
Mathematicians 50 $76,250

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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