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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study astronomy and astrophysics, 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 has a total student population of 1,437. In 2021, 6 astronomy majors received their bachelor's degree from Swarthmore.

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
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Astronomy & Astrophysics from Swarthmore in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical astronomy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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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