Psychology at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study psychology, 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, 22 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Swarthmore.

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

Swarthmore Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Swarthmore Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	987
Most Focused Psychology Schools	992

Psychology Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Swarthmore College. 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
Child Development & Psychology	22

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychology Professors	2,130	$89,300
Psychologists	460	$87,940

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.