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our graduates spend their time after Swarthmore)
No matter what you study
Shape ideas alongside people who will challenge and inspire you.
Collaborate with professors, connect with mentors, and find yourself backed by a comprehensive system of support.
Channel thoughts into action, innovation, and positive change.
Master many modes of thought and tools of influence.
Resist easy answers and insist on better solutions.
Be determined and daring — and extraordinary.
MAJORS
Arabic
Brennan Center for Justice
Washington, D.C.
Civil Rights Corps
Washington, D.C.
Taskstream
New York City, N.Y.
Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law
Berkeley, Calif.
Hogan & Vandenberg
Philadelphia, Pa.
Art
SimpliSafe
Boston, Mass.
Boston Planning & Development Agency
Boston, Mass.
Chinatown Community Development Center
San Francisco, Calif.
Animal Care Society
Louisville, K.Y.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, Pa.
Berkshire Grey
Bedford, Mass.
Art History
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, N.Y.
Royal Crown Law Library Stanford University
Stanford, Calif.
Wikipedia
New York City, N.Y.
Moneo Brock
Madrid, Spain
Los Angeles Review of Books
Los Angeles, Calif.
Asian Studies
Japanese Cultural Center
Chicago, Ill.
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
MullenLowe Group
New York City, N.Y.
Apple
Karnataka, India
Ministry of Education
Singapore
Astronomy
Lockheed Martin
Moorestown, N.J.
Planet Labs
San Francisco,Calif.
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
Boulder, Colo.
The Atlantic, Science, Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, Wired
Boston, Mass.
Brown University
Providence, R.I.
Biochemistry
Harvard University
Boston, Mass.
Petry Laboratory at Princeton University
Princeton, N.J.
Invitae
San Francisco, Calif.
Dow Chemical Company
Collegeville, Pa.
Otolaryngology Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Biology
office of ocean exploration & research
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Washington, D.C.
Seattle, Wash.
HIV Prevalence & Geographic Information Systems
Lilongwe, Malawi
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Ga.
Mastercard
New York City, N.Y.
Black Studies
New York University
New York City, N.Y.
Oregon House of Representatives
Salem, Ore.
Spectrum News
Washington, D.C.
AEA Consulting
New York City, N.Y.
Contactless Portfolio Optimization
Mastercard
New York City, N.Y.
Chemistry
Stanford University
Stanford, Calif.
Northwestern University
Chicago, Ill.
Dow Chemical Company
Collegeville, Pa.
Clinic for Special Children
Strasburg, Pa.
Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions
Portland, Ore.
Chinese
Luna Innovations
Blacksburg, Va.
Cheng & Tsui
Boston, Mass.
Sertis
Bangkok, Thailand
Options MD
Los Angeles, Calif.
Paul Hastings LLP
Seoul, South Korea
Classics
New York City Police Department
New York City, N.Y.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
New York City, N.Y.
Yale University
New Haven, Conn.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pa.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Md.
Cognitive Science
Northeastern University
Boston, Mass.
Google
New York City, N.Y.
Northern Trust
Chicago, Ill.
Exyn Technologies
Philadelphia, Pa.
Trueswell Language
Development and Processing Lab, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Comparative Literature
Columbia University
New York City, N.Y.
Flying V Theatre
Bethesda, Md.
Writing Program at Princeton University
Princeton, N.J.
Flatiron Books
New York City, N.Y.
Computer Science
KUNGFU.AI
Austin, Texas
Foundation Medicine
San Diego, Calif.
Fetch Robotics
San Jose, Calif.
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, Calif.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, Va.
Dance
Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement
Champaign, Ill.
JUNK Dance Company
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dance/NYC
New York City, N.Y.
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Conn.
Design Your Own Major
Wikimedia Foundation
San Francisco, Calif.
(Major: Gender & Digital Culture)
Aurora, Colo.
(Major: Psychobiology)
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
(Major: Middle Eastern Studies)
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago, Ill.
(Major: Theories of Decision-Making)
BlackRock
Boston, Mass.
(Major: Organizational Behavior)
Rapid Prototyping Lab
School of Engineering & Applied Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
(Major: Industrial Design)
Economics
Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Washington, D.C.
Uber
Los Angeles, Calif.
UCLA Anderson Forecast
Los Angeles, Calif.
Tesla
San Jose, Calif.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Educational Studies
Austin Public Library
Austin, Texas
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Mass.
New York City Department of Education
New York City, N.Y.
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Harlem Children’s Zone
New York City, N.Y.
Boston University
Boston, Mass.
Engineering
Electronic Arts (EA)
Redwood City, Calif.
Garmin
New Century, Kansas
Booz Allen Hamilton
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
New York City, N.Y.
Idaho Transportation Department
Lewiston, Idaho
English Literature
Sony Music
New York City, N.Y.
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, United Kingdom
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Mass.
CBS News
New York City, N.Y.
Slack
San Fransisco, Calif.
Environmental Studies
U.S. Forest Service
Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Food and Drug Administration
Washington, D.C.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Va.
Silver Leaf Frames
Corrales, N.M.
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado
Film & Media Studies
Twitter
San Francisco, Calif.
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, Pa.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Los Angeles, Calif.
ShoulderHill Entertainment
New York City, N.Y.
New York City, N.Y.
French & Francophone Studies
Yale University
New Haven, Conn.
CNN
New York City, N.Y.
Columbia University
New York City, N.Y.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Boston, Mass.
Gender & Sexuality Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Morgan Stanley
New York City, N.Y.
U.S. Court of Appeals
Philadelphia, Pa.
National Center for Transgender Equality
Washington, D.C.
German Studies
Oregon Health and Science University Hospital
Portland, Ore.
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, Calif.
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.
IBM Food Trust
New York City, N.Y.
Global Studies
Dechert LLP
Philadelphia, Pa.
Goldman Sachs
Salt Lake City, Utah
Chaldal
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Greek
Yale University
New Haven, Conn.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Seward & Kissel LLP
New York City, N.Y.
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
ABC Language
San Francisco, Calif.
Department of Pediatrics,
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, Calif.
History
Fight for 15
Chicago, Ill.
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.
public rights division
Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
Santa Monica, Calif.
University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Ill.
Detroit Tigers
Detroit, Mich.
Interpretation Theory
speech, privacy, and policy
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
New York City, N.Y.
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pa.
HIAS Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.
Penn Libraries
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Islamic Studies
Center for Victims of Torture
St. Paul, Minn.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa.
BBC World Service
London, United Kingdom
Japanese
Malwin Electronics Corporation
Paterson, N.J.
Ogilvy
Beijing, China
New York City, N.Y.
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, Calif.
BNP Paribas
New York City, N.Y.
Latin American & Latino Studies
Global Exchange
San Francisco, Calif.
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Washington, D.C.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Los Angeles, Calif.
AstraZeneca
Gaithersburg, Md.
Linguistics
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
WGBH
Boston, Mass.
Newcastle University
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Google
Mountain View, Calif.
Yale University
New Haven, Conn.
Boston College
Boston, Mass.
Mathematics
CVC Capital Partners
Singapore
Moody’s Corporation
West Chester, Pa.
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Mass.
State Street Global Advisors
London, United Kingdom
Medieval Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, Calif.
Fordham University
New York City, N.Y.
Music
University of Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
The International School of Minnesota
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Portal Instruments
Cambridge, Mass.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Oratorio Society of Queens
Queens, N.Y.
Peace & Conflict Studies
ACLU Capital Punishment Project
Durham, N.C.
Greater Falls Community Justice Center
Bellows Falls, Vt.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York City, N.Y.
Peace Corps
Benin
National Grid
Boston, Mass.
Philosophy
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
McKinsey & Company
Philadelphia, Pa.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Mass.
Recorded Future
Washington, D.C.
Physics
Communication and Collective Movement
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Md.
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, Calif.
Netflix
Los Gatos, Calif.
Nokia
Seattle, Wash.
Political Science
Bronx Defenders
Bronx, N.Y.
AES Corporation
Hanoi, Vietnam
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
Korea’s Social Entrepreneurship Forum
Seoul, South Korea
Psychology
Yale University
New Haven, Conn.
International Baccalaureate
The Hague, Netherlands
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Polaris Corporate Risk Management
New York City, N.Y.
Alaska Supreme Court
Fairbanks, Alaska
United States Air Force
Malstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls, Mont.
Religion
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Agudath Achim Synogogue
Shreveport, La.
Environmental Protection Agency
New York City, N.Y.
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Cambridge, Mass.
60 Minutes (CBS News)
New York City, N.Y.
Russian
Russia & Eurasia Program Center for Strategic & International Studies
Washington, D.C.
Teachers Pay Teachers
New York City, N.Y.
Princeton, N.J.
Recorded Future
Washington, D.C.
United States Air Force
Washington, D.C.
Sociology & Anthropology
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
The Hague, Netherlands
Texas Association of Community Colleges
Austin, Texas
Columbia University
New York City, N.Y.
Family Health Center
San Diego, Calif.
American Express
New York City, N.Y.
Spanish
School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa.
Craft Translation
New York City, N.Y.
HIAS Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Stanford University
Stanford, Calif.
Statistics
Mathematica Policy Research
Baltimore, Md.
Dropbox
San Francisco, Calif.
California Legislative Analyst’s Office
Sacramento, Calif.
JPMorgan Chase
New York City, N.Y.
Under Armour
Baltimore, M.D.
Theater
Walnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia, Pa
Adult Swim
New York City, N.Y.
West Wing Writers
Washington, D.C.
Colegio Menor San Francisco de Quito
Quito, Ecuador
Delaware Shakespeare Festival
Wilmington, Del.
Sony Music Entertainment
New York City, N.Y.
swarthmore facts
Class of 2021
Post-Graduation Plans
Surveyed upon graduation, Swarthmore students indicated the following destinations:
Advanced Study
Swarthmore alumni regularly attend the nation’s finest graduate and professional programs, and Swarthmore ranks third-highest among U.S. colleges and universities for students who go on to earn a Ph.D.
Among those entering immediately after graduation, the top destinations are:
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- University of Cambridge
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
Employment
Graduating seniors enter a variety of rewarding professional endeavors that take them all over the globe. The most popular geographic destinations for alumni to begin their careers include:
Class of 2021
Career Fields
Admission
In an effort to seek a well-rounded class, the admissions staff carefully considers every aspect of the application without a rigid emphasis on any one factor in particular.
Application Deadlines
Financial Aid
Fifty-two percent of our student body received a total of nearly $46 million in need-based financial aid from Swarthmore in 2021-22. Swarthmore financial aid decisions do not include loans and do not need to be repaid.
2022-2023 Billed Costs*
Please refer to swarthmore.edu/financial-aid for more information.
Admissions Office
(610) 328-8300
admissions@swarthmore.edu
Financial Aid Office
(610) 328-8358
finaid@swarthmore.edu
(610) 328-8300
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