Stories from students at Swarthmore College
Location & Campus
Gender Distribution
Fall 2023 undergraduate% of International Students
Fall 2023Swarthmore College is located in Large Suburb of Swarthmore, PA, US🇺🇸
Admissions
Deadlines
- Early DecisionFall 2025
- Early Decision IIFall 2025
- Regular DecisionFall 2025
Acceptance Rate
Fall 2023 undergraduateInternational
Overall
Test Scores SAT/ACT
SAT
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
Math
ACT
Composite
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.
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.
Costs & Aid
Estimated expenses | Academic year 2023-24 |
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Undergraduate tuition and fees | $62 412 |
Books and supplies | $760 |
On-campus housing | $18 964 |
On-campus other expenses | $1 967 |
Total | $84 103 |