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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Swarthmore College

Astronomy & Astrophysics at Swarthmore College

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

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,437.

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

Swarthmore Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Swarthmore Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The astronomy major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy & Astrophysics. 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.

Astronomy Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of astronomy bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its astronomy 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 astronomy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Astronomy & Astrophysics

Astronomy & Astrophysics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Swarthmore College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Astrophysics 6

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy 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
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 890 $94,630
Physics Postsecondary Professors 770 $98,870
Physicists 320 $137,060

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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