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Social Sciences at Swarthmore College

If you are interested in studying social sciences, you may want to check out the program at Swarthmore College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 98 social sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Swarthmore.

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

Swarthmore Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Swarthmore Social Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social sciences 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 social sciences major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Social Sciences Schools 50
112
Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 357
Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 375
Best Value Social Sciences Schools 425
Most Popular Social Sciences Schools 465

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 38
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

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

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

Social 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
Economics 60
Political Science & Government 23
Sociology & Anthropology 13
Anthropology 1
Other Social Sciences 1

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 26,750 $68,630
Managers 11,060 $126,290
Statisticians 3,710 $85,180
Social Science Research Assistants 1,480 $43,710

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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