Physical Sciences at Swarthmore College

Every physical sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physical sciences program at Swarthmore College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Physical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Swarthmore Physical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences

Swarthmore Physical Sciences Rankings

The physical sciences major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.

Physical Sciences Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of physical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical sciences at Swarthmore are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical sciences 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 physical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Physical Sciences

Physical Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Physics	9
Astronomy & Astrophysics	6
Chemistry	5

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Engineering
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical sciences 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Chemists	5,460	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810

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.