Economics at Swarthmore College

If you are interested in studying economics, you may want to check out the program at Swarthmore College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,437. Of the 60 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in 2021, 60 of them were economics majors.

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

Swarthmore Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Swarthmore Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks economics programs across the country. The following shows how Swarthmore performed in these rankings.

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 economics major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. 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
	15
	17
	46
	46
	97
	98
	159
	188
	282
	295

Earnings of Swarthmore Economics Graduates

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Swarthmore is $56,029. This is 22% higher than $45,868, which is the national average for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

Economics Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Swarthmore. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics 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 economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Concentrations Within Economics

If you plan to be a economics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Swarthmore College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Economics	60

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	26,750	$68,630
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Economics Professors	710	$131,060
Economists	610	$87,630
Survey Researchers	510	$60,810

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nelson Pavlosky under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.