Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA, US🇺🇸

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Location & Campus

Gender Distribution

Fall 2023 undergraduate

% of International Students

Fall 2023

Swarthmore College is located in Large Suburb of Swarthmore, PA, US🇺🇸

Admissions

Deadlines

 
    • Early Decision
      Fall 2025
    • Early Decision II
      Fall 2025
    • Regular Decision
      Fall 2025

Acceptance Rate

Fall 2023 undergraduate

International

Overall

Test Scores SAT/ACT

SAT

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing

720770

Math

740790

ACT

Composite

3334
The range shows 25th - 75th percentile scores of students enrolled in Fall 2023

Supplemental Essays

 

Topic 2: Swarthmore’s community of learners inspire one another through their collaborative and flexible approach to learning. Swarthmore students are comfortable with intellectual experimentation and connection of ideas across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary studies through a liberal arts education.

Tell us about a topic that has fascinated you recently – either inside or outside of the classroom. What made you curious about this? Has this topic connected across other areas of your interests? How has this experience shaped you and what encourages you to keep exploring?

Please complete both prompts below. 

250 mots

Topic 1: Swarthmore College maintains an ongoing commitment of building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive residential community dedicated to rigorous intellectual inquiry.

All who engage in our community are empowered through the open exchange of ideas guided by equity and social responsibility to thrive and contribute as bridge builders within global communities.

Our identities and perspectives are supported and developed by our immediate contexts and lived experiences – in our neighborhoods, families, classrooms, communities of faith, and more.

What aspects of your self-identity or personal background are most significant to you? Reflecting on the elements of your home, school, or other communities that have shaped your life, explain how you have grown in your ability to navigate differences when engaging with others, or demonstrated your ability to collaborate in communities other than your own.

Please complete both prompts below. 

250 mots

Costs & Aid

$84 103Total Cost on Campus
Estimated expensesAcademic year 2023-24
Undergraduate tuition and fees$62 412
Books and supplies$760
On-campus housing$18 964
On-campus other expenses$1 967
Total$84 103

Rankings

#3U.S. News National Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings 2025

Fields of Study

Students graduated in 2022-2023