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Swarthmore College


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Contact Info
(610) 328-8000
Main Website: www.swarthmore.edu
Financial Aid: www.swarthmore.edu/financialaid.xml
Application: www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx

Address
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Quick Facts
Enrollment: 1,490 ( 1,490 undergraduate)
Type: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above

Annual Costs
Tuition and fees: $36,490.00
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $50,381.00
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $50,381.00

 

Admissions Total Male Female
Number of applicants 6,121 2,454 3,667
Percent admitted 16% 19% 14%
Percent admitted who enrolled 39% 41% 37%

 

Test Scoring 25th
Percentile*
75th
Percentile*
SAT Critical Reading 680 760
SAT Math 670 760
SAT Writing 660 760
ACT Composite 28 33
ACT English 29 35
ACT Math 28 34

*for an explanation of 25th and 75th Percentile scoring click here

Financial Aid

Percentage of students receiving any financial aid 48%
Percentage of students receiving Federal Grants 10%
Average Federal Grant $5,851.00
Percentage of students receiving state aid 20%
Average state aid $3,276.00
Percentage of students receiving institutional aid 48%
Average institutional aid $27,461.00
Percentage of students receiving a student loan 33%
Average student loan $2,215.00

Degrees:

Bachelor's degree

Majors:
African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
Applied Mathematics, Other
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other
Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Asian Studies/Civilization
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
Biological and Physical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Biometry/Biometrics
Biophysics
Chemical Physics
Chemistry, General
Chinese Language and Literature
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General
Comparative Literature
Computer and Information Sciences, General
Dance, General
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
Economics, General
Education, General
Education, Other
Engineering, General
English Language and Literature, General
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
Environmental Studies
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other
Film/Cinema Studies
Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
Fine/Studio Arts, General
French Language and Literature
French Studies
German Language and Literature
German Studies
History, General
History, Other
International Relations and Affairs
Islamic Studies
Japanese Language and Literature
Latin American Studies
Latin Language and Literature
Linguistics
Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics, General
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
Music, General
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Philosophy
Physics, General
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
Political Science and Government, General
Political Science and Government, Other
Psychology, General
Psychology, Other
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other
Public Policy Analysis
Religion/Religious Studies
Russian Language and Literature
Russian Studies
Social Sciences, Other
Spanish Language and Literature
Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Women's Studies

Swarthmore College Scholarships

Beinecke Scholarship Program The Beinecke Scholarship Program is open to juniors who are currently majoring in the arts, humanities or social sciences and plan to attend graduate school. You must demonstrate superior standards of more...
Breakthrough Collaborative Students Teaching Students Internship The Breakthrough Collaborative, formerly Summerbridge, offers hundreds of teaching positions at 25 sites across the country and in Hong Kong to high school and college students who are passionate abou more...
Luce Scholars Program The Luce Scholars Program is available to American citizens who are no more than 29 years of age and who have received their bachelors degree by September 1 of the year the program is entered. You may more...
Catherine G. Abbott '72 and Ernest B. Abbott '72 Scholarship The Catherine G. Abbott '72 and Ernest B. Abbott '72 Scholarship is open to first-year students at Swarthmore College who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. more...
Lisa P. Albert Scholarship The Lisa P. Albert Scholarship is open to humanities students at Swarthmore College who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. more...
Vivian B. Allen Foundation Scholarship The Vivian B. Allen Foundation Scholarship is open to international students at Swarthmore College who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. more...
Susan W. Almy '68 Scholarship The Susan W. Almy '68 Scholarship is open to students at Swarthmore College who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. You must be interested in an international career. Preference is giv more...
David Baltimore '60 Scholarship The David Baltimore '60 Scholarship is open to juniors and seniors at Swarthmore College who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. You must be majoring in chemistry or biology to be elig more...
Philip and Roslyn Barbash, M.D., Scholarship The Philip and Roslyn Barbash, M.D., Scholarship is open to female students at Swarthmore College who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. You must be interested in sciences and/or the more...
Franklin E. Barr Jr. '48 Scholarship The Franklin E. Barr Jr. '48 Scholarship is open to first-year students at Swarthmore College who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. You must be involved in extracurricular activities more...