- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PASuburb: largeZIP 19081Founded 1864
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1864
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1984
- Website
- www.swarthmore.edu
- Member of
- CUMU
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private nonprofit college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, with 1,613 undergraduates. It admits 7.5% of applicants, graduates 92% within six years and costs $17,392 a year after aid.
92%graduate
Admission rate7.5%
Retention94%
4-year graduation72%
Pell Grant share24%
Federal loans11%
$17,392net price / year
7.5%admission rate
1534average SAT
92%graduate in 6 years
$86,311median earnings, 10 yrs
$15,000median debt
#132 of 1,704 for earnings#666 of 1,739 for lowest net price#53 of 1,738 for graduation rate#22 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $88,696tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $69,226
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $69,226
- Average net price
- $17,392national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$6,966
$30,001–48,000$7,978
$48,001–75,000$18,171
$75,001–110,000$14,741
$110,001+$50,329
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 7.5%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1534
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 740–770
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 750–790
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 33–35
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college7.5%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college94%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college92%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college24%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 92%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 72%
- First-year retention
- 94%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 95%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $56,955
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $86,311middle 50%: $58,865–$143,174
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$143,174
Median, Swarthmore College$86,311
Lower quarter$58,865
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,613
- Part-time
- 0.1%
- Women / men
- 52% / 48%
- Average age at entry
- 19.3
- First-generation students
- 27%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 94%
- Average faculty salary
- $14,961 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $46,961
- Endowment, end of year
- $2,728,473,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White30%
Hispanic16%
Black9.5%
Asian17%
Two or more races11%
U.S. nonresident13%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown2.8%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences25%
Computer & information sciences11%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Mathematics & statistics9.4%
Engineering7.5%
Visual & performing arts5.9%
Education4.2%
Foreign languages & linguistics4.2%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 216287. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1378320.