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Political Science & Government at Swarthmore College

Political Science & Government at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study political science & government, 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 approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year.

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

Swarthmore Political Science & Government Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

Swarthmore Political Science & Government Rankings

The political science major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Political Science & Government. 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.

Political Science Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of political science bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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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 political science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 18
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Concentrations Within Political Science & Government

If you plan to be a political science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Political Science 23

Careers That Political Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in political science 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
Economics Professors 710 $131,060
Economists 610 $87,630
Political Science Professors 540 $100,620
Political Scientists 100 $102,110

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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