Swarthmore College Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Swarthmore College is 8:1, and the school has 74.0 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Swarthmore College include: Social Sciences; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics; English Language and Literature/Letters; and Psychology. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 96.5 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Humanities Foreign languages Sciences (biological or physical) Social science
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	8:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Social Sciences 29% Biological and Biomedical Sciences 12% Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 8% English Language and Literature/Letters 7% Psychology 7%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's
Combined-degree programs	B.A./B.S. (BS in Engineering and BA in other major)
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences 80.1% Service learning 32.2% Senior capstone or culminating academic experience 100% Writing in the disciplines 95.9% Undergraduate research/creative projects 66.1%

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	97%
4-year graduation rate	91

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data