	Swarthmore College 2016 University Academic Rankings
Swarthmore College (/ËˆswÉ‘ËÎ¸.mÉ”Ër/ SWAHTH-mor locally, or /ËˆswÉ”ËrÎ¸.mÉ”Ër/ SWAWRTH-mor), is a private liberal arts college located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Philadelphia. Founded in 1864, Swarthmore was one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. The school was organized by a committee of Quakers from three "Hicksite" yearly meetings: Baltimore, New York, and Philadelphia. Many of the founders were prominent in the abolitionist and women's rights movements and other social concerns and included Edward Parrish, (1822-1872), Deborah and Joseph Wharton, Benjamin Hallowell, and James and Lucretia Mott, (1793-1880). Swarthmore was established to be a college, "...under the care of Friends, at which an education may be obtained equal to that of the best institutions of learning in our country." By 1906, Swarthmore dropped its religious affiliation, becoming officially non-sectarian. Swarthmore is a member of the "Tri-College Consortium", a cooperative arrangement among Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford Colleges. In addition, the College is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through the "Quaker Consortium," allowing for students to cross-register for classes at all four institutions. History Parrish Hall, named in honor of the first president, Edward Parrish, (1822-1872), contains the admissions, housing, and financial aid offices, along with student housing on the upper floors. The name "Swarthmore" has its roots in early Quaker history. In England, Swarthmoor Hall near the town of Ulverston, Cumbria, (previously in Lancashire) was the home of Thomas and Margaret Fell in 1652 when George Fox, (1624-1691), fresh from his epiphany atop Pendle Hill in 1651, came to visit. The visitation turned into a long association, as Fox persuaded Thomas and Margaret Fell of his views. Swarthmoor was used for the first meetings of what became known as the "Religious Society of Friends" (later pejoratively labeled ""The Quakers"). The College was founded in 1864 by a committee of Quakers who were members of the Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore Yearly Meetings of the "Religious Society of Friends" ("Quakers"/"Hicksite"). Edward Parrish, (1822-1872), was its first president. Lucretia Mott, (1793-1880), and Martha Ellicott Tyson, (1795-1873), were among those Friends, who insisted that the new college of Swarthmore be coeducational. Edward Hicks Magill, the second president, served for 17 years. His daughter, Helen Magill, (1853-1944), was in the first class to graduate in 1873; in 1877, she was the first woman in the United States to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree, (Ph.D.); hers was in Greek from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. In the early 1900s, the College had a major collegiate American football program during the formation period of the soon-to-be nation-wide sport, (playing Navy, (Annapolis), Princeton, Columbia, and other larger schools) and an active fraternity and sorority life. The 1921 appointment of Frank Aydelotte as President began the development of the school's current academic focus, particularly with his vision for the Honors program based on his experience as a Rhodes Scholar. During World War II, Swarthmore was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a U.S. Navy commission. Wolfgang KÃ¶hler, Hans Wallach and Solomon Asch were noted psychologists who became professors at Swarthmore, a center for Gestalt psychology. Both Wallach, who was Jewish, and KÃ¶hler, who was not, had left Nazi Germany because of its discriminatory policies against Jews. KÃ¶hler came to Swarthmore in 1935 and served until his retirement in 1958. Wallach came in 1936, fir ... [more on wikipedia]

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Swarthmore College Details

Swarthmore College Details
detail	value
state	Pennsylvania
conference	Centennial Conference
public	Private
scores	2165/1443/32
level	Elite
rank	[67
overall ROI rank	[48
size	small
undergrads	1542
grads	0
price	62450
drop	5
stem	27
research	0
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Swarthmore College?

1. number 67 for Academics.

2. number 48 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Swarthmore College?

1. Pomona College

2. Carleton College

3. Whitman College

4. Reed College

5. Grinnell College

6. Bowdoin College

7. Colby College

National Academic Rankings

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Swarthmore College National Academic Rankings

Swarthmore College National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	67	22	28	125	57	153	159	70	48
All	56	22	28	90	57	82	82	38	42
All Nonivy	48	16	22	86	49	79	79	36	32
Private	37	22	27	60	35	53	53	35	29
Stem Low	44	16	22	73	40	80	80	49	44
New England Region	31	12	16	55	26	60	60	18	18
State of Pennsylvania	5	2	3	9	5	12	10	5	4
Top Ten Top250	67	22	28	125	57	153	159	70	48
Top Ten State of Pennsylvania	5	2	3	9	5	8	8	4	3

Peer Universities / Similar Universities

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Swarthmore College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Swarthmore College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
86.23	Pomona College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	52	125
85.00	Carleton College	Minnesota	Midwest Conference	Private	Elite	84	43
79.81	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
79.27	Reed College	Oregon	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	106	144
79.26	Grinnell College	Iowa	Midwest Conference	Private	Excellent	114	123
79.03	Bowdoin College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	64	162
78.90	Colby College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	132	155
78.50	Haverford College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	97	182
78.39	Rhodes College	Tennessee	Southern Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	191	147
78.35	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160
78.29	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
78.05	Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	179	221
77.92	Union College	Kentucky	Mid - South Conference / Appal...	Private	BelowAverage	162	178
75.95	Rice University	Texas	Conference USA	Private	Elite	20	4
75.73	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	Ivy League	Private	Elite	19	21
75.32	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
75.24	Princeton University	New Jersey	Ivy League	Private	Elite	4	11
75.21	Yale University	Connecticut	Ivy League	Private	Elite	3	37
75.12	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
74.95	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	16	47
74.90	Brown University	Rhode Island	Ivy League	Private	Elite	25	34
74.88	Duke University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	13	3
74.83	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
74.80	Stanford University	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	9	17
74.72	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
74.55	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
74.47	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
74.33	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Ivy League	Private	Elite	2	10
74.22	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
74.09	Northeastern University	Massachusetts	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	Elite	40	109
74.05	Cornell University	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	15	39
73.88	University of Southern California	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	22	81
72.32	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	137	205
70.87	Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	170	148
70.77	Lafayette College	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	165	106
70.05	St Olaf College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	144	127
69.55	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
68.52	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
68.31	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
68.28	Southern Methodist University	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	80	73
68.11	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
67.98	Emory University	Georgia	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	36	29
67.59	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
67.43	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
67.29	University of Virginia	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	32	27
67.24	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
67.23	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	37	64
67.03	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	17	16
67.01	University of California-Los Angeles	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Excellent	29	84
67.00	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	33	25

Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

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Swarthmore College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Swarthmore College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
95.85	Bowdoin College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	64	162
95.76	Carleton College	Minnesota	Midwest Conference	Private	Elite	84	43
95.61	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
93.67	Boston College	Massachusetts	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	47	75
92.75	Wesleyan University	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	73	137
90.83	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
90.44	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	66	50
89.44	Brandeis University	Massachusetts	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	46	116
88.73	George Washington University	Washington DC	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	Excellent	51	135
87.98	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
87.47	Patriot League (Average)	-	Patriot League	-Conf-	Excellent	-	43
87.41	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
87.29	Colonial Athletic Association (Average)	-	Colonial Athletic Association	-Conf-	Excellent	-	112
86.73	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
86.51	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Massachusetts	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	Excellent	73	40
86.02	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	New York	No Reported Affiliation	Private	Good	76	72
84.05	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pennsylvania	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Good	50	75
83.28	University of Georgia	Georgia	Southeastern Conference	Public	Good	82	65
83.28	The University of Texas at Dallas	Texas	American Southwest Conference	Public	Good	70	55
81.30	University of Iowa	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	Public	Good	68	79
78.31	University of California-Santa Barbara	California	Big West Conference	Public	Good	63	122
77.00	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	58	31
76.67	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Jersey	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	56	115
76.32	University of California-Davis	California	Big Sky Conference / Big West ...	Public	AboveAverage	58	142
75.34	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Massachusetts	Mid - American Conference / At...	Public	AboveAverage	88	144
75.32	University of South Carolina-Columbia	South Carolina	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	93	130
75.00	Clemson University	South Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	98	51
74.32	Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	53	84
73.64	Purdue University	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	57	20
70.46	Texas A & M University-College Station	Texas	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	71	22

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