Private
Non-sectarian
Undergraduate
Coeducational
Undergraduate Tuition and Fees - $33,232
Room & Board - $10,300
Swarthmore college was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) as one of the nation's first co-educational colleges, Swarthmore today is non-sectarian, but still reflects many Quaker traditions and values.
Swarthmore is located 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia on a 357-acre campus that is a designated arboretum.
The College offers more than 600 courses a year and more than 50 courses of study; an exceptional honors program and individual special majors. Swarthmore offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees.
The most popular majors selected are: Social Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, English Language and Literature/letters, Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics and History.
Swarthmore has a small student body with just 1,484 undergraduates (707 men and 777 women, including 108 students studying abroad).
There are 168 full-time and 27 part-time faculty members. 98% of faculty members hold Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees, 39% of the tenure-track faculty are women, and 16% identify themselves as persons of color.
The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.
Liberal Arts Colleges: 3
Overall score: 97
Average freshman retention rate: 96%
2006 graduation rate: (Predicted) 94%
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