Chemistry at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study chemistry, 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. Of the 481 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in 2021, 5 of them were chemistry majors.

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

Swarthmore Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Swarthmore Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Swarthmore compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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 Chemistry Schools	333
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	634
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	717

Chemistry Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chemistry from Swarthmore in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chemistry 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 chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
Chemists	5,460	$77,250
Natural Sciences Managers	4,480	$147,810
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,050	$74,430
Chemistry Professors	1,430	$93,510

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.