7.5%
977 admitted
from 12,995 apps
Applications12,995
Overall admit rate7.5%
Enrolled426 · 43.6% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Class rank, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#4
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Bachelor's/Master's)#1426
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#2126
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#2126
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#2326
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#2426
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceCentennial Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingPennsylvania colleges21
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
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no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early decisionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyFor students applying to Swarthmore in the 2026-27 admissions cycle, we have suspended our requirement that applicants submit SAT or ACT scores. You will have the option to submit scores to us, and you will have the option for us not to consider scores already submitted. Test scores for this cycle are optional. Should you choose to do so, you will have the option to submit scores from multiple exams in the admissions process, self-reported or
officially, including the following tests: SAT, ACT, AP exam scores, and IB exam scores. If the majority of your education has been taught in a non-English language curricula, we encourage you to provide results from the TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test. More information is available online at: http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions-aid/standardizedtesting-policy
Admissions URLcommonapp.org
Admissions emailadmissions@swarthmore.edu
Admissions phone328-8300
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Amherst College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Williams College MA · Private (nonprofit)8.6%15202K
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Brown University RI · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15407K
Haverford College PA · Private (nonprofit)13.3%14901K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.