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| Name |
Swarthmore College | |
| Address |
500 College Avenue | |
| Town |
Swarthmore, PA 19081 | |
| Established |
1864 | |
| Community |
Suburban | |
| Type |
Private coeducational | |
| Classification |
Liberal arts college | |
| Religion |
Originally Quaker; now secular | |
| Enrollment |
1400 | |
| Faculty |
167 | |
| President |
Alfred H. Bloom | |
| Accreditation |
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Middle States Commission in Higher Education | |
| Nickname |
Garnet | |
| Mascot |
None | |
| Colors |
Garnet and Gray | |
| Motto |
None | |
| Newspaper |
Phoenix (weekly print newspaper); Daily Gazette, (daily email newsletter) | |
| Yearbook |
Halcyon | |
| Website | ||
Swarthmore College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the United States. Along with Williams, Amherst, Wellesley, Carleton, Pomona, and Bowdoin, Swarthmore is considered one of the top liberal arts colleges in the world. All of its 1,500 students are undergraduates. Swarthmore is located in the town of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, around 11 miles (17.7km) southwest of Philadelphia. The school was founded in 1864 by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Quakers. Swarthmore dropped its religious affiliation and became officially non-sectarian in the early 20th century; however, strong Quaker influences remain.
Swarthmore is sometimes called Swat for short, while students sometimes refer to themselves as Swatties. The student body is around 60 percent Caucasian, 15 percent Asian, and 10 percent Hispanic, and 10 percent black. The school newspaper is the Phoenix; the yearbook is the Halcyon. Only two fraternitiesWhile the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States are on campus, with around 5 percent participation. The most popular majors at Swarthmore include political sciencePolitical science is the study of politics. It involves the study of structure and process in government or any equivalent system that attempts to assure safety, fairness, and closure across a broad range of risks and access to a broad range of commons fo, English literatureThe term English literature can mean: Literature from England written in the modern English language or its antecedents (such as Middle or Old English). The rest of this article discusses this category. Literature composed primarily in the English languag, and economicsEconomics is the social science studying how society uses its limited resources to meet desires and wants. Put otherwise, economics studies what, how and for whom society produces. This involves analyzing the production, distribution and consumption of go, though the school does offer an engineering program, rare at liberal arts colleges.
Swarthmore's sprawling suburban campus is often described as scenic. It includes the Scott Arboretum and a variety of rare species of trees and plants, nearly all of which are labeled by genus and species.