offers more than 600 courses per year in over 40 courses of study.
Its most popular majors, based on 2021 graduates, were:
Economics (53)
Biology/Biological Sciences (37)
Computer & Information Sciences (36)
Engineering (23)
Mathematics (18)
Research & Experimental Psychology (16)
=== Rankings ===
Some sources, including Greene's Guides, have termed Swarthmore one of the "Little Ivies". In its 2025 college ranking, U.S. News & World Report ranked Swarthmore as the third-best liberal arts college in the nation, behind Williams and Amherst.
Forbes magazine ranked Swarthmore 27th in its 2024-25 ranking of the top 500 U.S. colleges, universities and service academies .
Swarthmore ranked third among all institutions of higher education in the United States as measured by the percentage of graduates who went on to earn Ph.D.s between 2013 and 2022.
=== Admissions ===
The college is considered by U.S. News & World Report as "most selective", with 10.7% of the 9,383 applicants accepted during the 2016–2017 admissions …
