America's Best Colleges
#7 Swarthmore College
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Private not-for-profit- 4-year or above
Carnegie Classification | Baccalaureate Colleges—Arts & Sciences |
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Total Student Population (Graduate + Undergraduate) | 1,490 |
Undergraduate Population | 1,490 |
Student to Faculty Ratio1 | 7:1 |
Graduation Rates2 | 88.0% |
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Total Cost4 | $50,381 |
In-State Tuition and Fees | $36,490 |
Out-of-State Tuition and Fees | $36,490 |
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Percent of Student Body Receiving Any Financial Aid | 48.0% |
Percent of Student Body Receiving Pell Grants | 10.0% |
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Percent Admitted | 16.0% |
Percent Admitted Who Enrolled | 39.0% |
SAT Composite Range7 | 1350-1520 |
ACT Composite Range | 28-33 |
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Athletic Division | NCAA Division III (without football) |
Percent of Student Body that is Varsity Athlete10 | 22.5% |
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Contact Info
- 500 College Ave.
- Swarthmore, PA 19081
- 610-328-8000
- http://www.swarthmore.edu/
Notable Alumni
- Mark Hanis, 2004, executive director, Genocide Intervention Network; Cynthia Leive, 1988, Editor-in-chief of Glamour; John Mather, 1968, Nobel Prize winner and chief scientist for NASA; Sandra Moore Faber, 1966, Astronomer involved in both the Hubble Space Telescope and Keck Telescope projects; Robert Zoellick, 1975, President of the World Bank.
Campus Media
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- Total FTE (full-time equivalent) undergraduate students divided by total FTE instructional staff not teaching in graduate or professional programs.
- Percentage of students who began their studies in fall 2002 and completed their degree program within 4 years
- Academic data refer to fall 2008. Enrollment and attendance data refer to entire undergraduate student body. Graduation, transfer rate, and retention rate data refer to full-time, first-time students pursuing bachelor's degrees.
- For out-of-state students living on campus
- Tuition data refer to estimated expenses for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students for the year 2008-2009, unless otherwise noted. The output is only an estimate and not a guarantee of the actual amount the student may be charged.
- Financial aid data refer to full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in 2007-2008.
- SAT composite includes only Critical Reading and Math.
- Admissions data refer to first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students applying to enter in fall 2008.
- Student life data refer to undergraduate student body in 2008-2009 unless otherwise noted.
- The unduplicated headcount of varsity athletics participants divided by the total undergraduate population, multiplied by 100.
- Athletic data refer to 2008.