Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College admitted 7.5% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1490–1560 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $17,392 a year. Within six years, 92% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 7.5%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1490–1560
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $88,696 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $17,392 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $6,966 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $69,226 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 92%
- Students who return for a second year
- 94%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $86,311 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,613
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 24%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 25%
- Computer and information sciences
- 11%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 9%
- Engineering
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Pomona College CA · 7.1% admitted
- Williams College MA · 8.3% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
- Bowdoin College ME · 7.1% admitted
- Rice University TX · 8% admitted
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
More colleges in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · 61% admitted
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · 58% admitted
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA · 78% admitted
- Drexel University PA · 79% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA · 93% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA · 91% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.