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#9 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#4 Best Value Schools
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#23 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#3 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#30 Most Innovative Schools
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#148 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#17 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#22 First-Year Experiences
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#18 Writing in the Disciplines
Swarthmore College is ranked #3 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
93
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
14
Graduation and retention rank
3
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
94%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
98%
Social Mobility Rank
148
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
98%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
94%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
97%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
16
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
15
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
100%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
73.6%
Classes with 50 or more students
3%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
8:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
1
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1380-1550
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
90%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
7
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
18
Average alumni giving rate
36.2%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
