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Swarthmore College |
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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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| 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
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| Part-Time Undergraduate |
7 students
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| Total Enrollment |
1,479 students
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| Total Dormitory Capacity |
1,356 students
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| % 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 |
- 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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