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Environmental Studies at Swarthmore College

Environmental Studies at Swarthmore College

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

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 Environmental Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Swarthmore Environmental Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Ecosystem Studies

Swarthmore Environmental Studies Rankings

The ecosystem studies major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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.

Ecosystem Studies Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of ecosystem studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ecosystem studies 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 ecosystem studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Ecosystem Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ecosystem studies 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 2,050 $74,430
Environmental Science Professors 250 $93,850

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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