Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 1,613 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 7%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $17,392per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 92%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $86,31110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Swarthmore evaluates all first-semester students on a credit/no credit basis, meaning letter grades do not appear on the official transcript.
Source: First-Year Experience :: Academics :: Swarthmore College
In Swarthmore's Honors Program, students work closely with faculty and are examined by outside experts.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 7%About 1 in 13 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1490–1560Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $17,392full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $88,696sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $69,226Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 92%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $86,31110 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,613Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 24%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 27%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA — admits 72%
- Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA — admits 28%
- Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA — admits 29%
- Saint Francis University Loretto, PA — admits 77%
Also worth a look
- Pomona College Claremont, CA — admits 7%
- Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME — admits 7%
- Amherst College Amherst, MA — admits 9%
- Williams College Williamstown, MA — admits 8%
- Grinnell College Grinnell, IA — admits 15%
- Davidson College Davidson, NC — admits 13%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Swarthmore College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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