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General Education at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what Swarthmore College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 education majors received their bachelor's degree from Swarthmore.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Swarthmore General Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Swarthmore General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Swarthmore compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 51
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 96
Most Focused General Education Schools 219
Most Popular General Education Schools 367

Education Student Demographics at Swarthmore

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore General Education Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Swarthmore are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Swarthmore also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within General Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Swarthmore College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education 12

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Education Professors 2,690 $70,990

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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