General Economics at Swarthmore College

Every general economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general economics program at Swarthmore College stacks up to those at other schools.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 60 general economics 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 Economics section at the bottom of this page.

Swarthmore General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Swarthmore General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general 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 general economics major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
	7
	7
	20
	22
	63
	67
	94
	114
	239
	249

General Economics Student Demographics at Swarthmore

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

Swarthmore General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in general economics from Swarthmore. About 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general 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 general 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 general economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That General Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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
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.