Classical & Ancient Studies at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study classical and ancient studies, 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. Of the 481 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in 2021, 4 of them were classical and ancient studies majors.

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

Swarthmore Classical & Ancient Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Classics

Swarthmore Classical & Ancient Studies Rankings

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

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 classics major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Classical & Ancient Studies. 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 Classical & Ancient Studies Schools	4
Most Focused Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20

Classics Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in classics from Swarthmore. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical classics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its classics 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 classics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
• Cognitive Science
• Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution

Careers That Classics Grads May Go Into

A degree in classics 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
Historians	140	$63,590

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.