Swarthmore College

500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081 - View Map View Map

School Notes Overview:

    Swarthmore, one of the nation's finest institutions of higher learning, is a college like no other. Private, yet open to all regardless of financial need. American, yet decidedly global in outlook and diversity, drawing students from around the world and all 50 states. Small, yet with the financial strength to offer students and faculty generous resources to push their own and the world's understanding of disciplines from Arabic to plasma physics, from microbiology to dance, from engineering to art history.

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School Overview:

Swarthmore College
County Delaware County, PA
Title IV Eligible Yes
Carnegie Classification Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level 4 or more years
Institution Control Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate 1,472 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 7 students
 
Total Enrollment 1,479 students
Total Dormitory Capacity 1,356 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 53%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 10%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $3,767
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 32%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $2,796
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 53%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $21,981
% Students Receiving Loans 39%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $2,163

School Notes:

  • Swarthmore celebrates the life of the mind. Since its founding in 1864, Swarthmore has given students of uncommon intellectual ability the knowledge, insight, skills, and experience to become leaders for the common good. And they do. Swarthmoreans are CEO patent-holders who bring technology to underserved markets, investment bankers looking for alternative forms of energy, lawyers who become college presidents, doctors who serve in Congress, winners of the Nobel Prize. A Swarthmorean founded the first liberal arts college in Ghana. Another led the team that developed the Hubble Space Telescope. Swarthmoreans invented hypertext and helped women win the right to vote.
  • The College offers more than 600 courses a year and more than 50 courses of study; an exceptional honors program; individual special majors; a program in education that leads to Pennsylvania secondary school certification; and undergraduate research opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and engineering.
  • Swarthmore is part of the Tri-College Consortium, an inter-institutional collaboration with nearby Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. Swarthmore students may enroll at courses at all three schools and take advantage of combined, on-line library catalogues and borrowing privileges. In addition, students may cross-register for courses at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • There are currently over 100 student clubs and organizations for students on campus. Countless cultural and recreational opportunities await students in the surrounding area, including the City of Philadelphia located less than a half-hour away by train.
  • Located 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia, Swarthmore's idyllic, 357-acre campus is a designated arboretum, complete with rolling lawns, creek, wooded hills, and hiking trails. From its state-of-the-art science complex to its new, environmentally friendly residence hall, Swarthmore's buildings and architecture stand as national models of curricular and co-curricular undergraduate facilities.
  • Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

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