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Swarthmore College

Swarthmore,  Pennsylvania
College Board code: 2821

Main Address

500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
(610) 328-8000
www.swarthmore.edu

Admission Office

500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
(610) 328-8300
(800) 667-3110
Fax: (610) 328-8580
admissions@swarthmore.edu
Contact: James Bock
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

Type of School

  • Private
  • Liberal Arts College
  • Four-year
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 17%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
  • College Board member
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Bachelor's
    Other characteristics: Quaker tradition.

Setting

  • Suburban setting
  • Small town (2,500 - 9,999)
  • Residential campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 1,525
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 394
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 1,505

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 11% In-state students
  • 89% Out-of-state students
  • 52% Women
  • 48% Men
  • 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 16% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 10% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 12% Hispanic
  • 42% White/Non-Hispanic
  • 7% Non-Resident Alien
  • 12% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 87% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 99% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 100% in top half of graduating class
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