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Swarthmore College Common Data Set 2025-26
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Acceptance rate
7.5%
977 of 12,995
Early decision rate
17.8%
Non-ED pool: 6.4%
SAT middle 50%
1480–1550
ACT middle 50%
33–35
Who got into Swarthmore College: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 61Waitlisted 60Rejected 131Preview
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GPA and SAT of 252 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 12,995 |
| AdmittedC1 | 977 |
| EnrolledC1 | 426 |
| YieldC1 | 43.6% |
| Early decisionC21 | 228 of 1,281 (17.8%) |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | — |
| Accepted a placeC2 | — |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 14 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | — |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | 40.1% |
| Submitted ACTC9 | 14.8% |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | 740–770 |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | 740–790 |
| Average high school GPAC12 | — |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | — |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | — |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | — |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | — |
Cost and financial aid
| TuitionG1 | $68,766 |
| Required feesG1 | $460 |
| Food and housingG1 | $21,466 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 100% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 100% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $75,925.58 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $74,043.46 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankVery important
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresConsidered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Very important
- InterviewConsidered
- Extracurricular activitiesConsidered
- Talent/abilityConsidered
- Character/personal qualitiesVery important
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationConsidered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentConsidered
- Volunteer workConsidered
- Work experienceConsidered
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 1,631 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 98.1% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 91.6% |
Notes on this filing
- C1: no total printed for first-time applicants or admits; applied (12,995) and admitted (977) are sums of men and women columns. Enrolled 426 is the sum of men (201) and women (225); unknown-sex cells are blank.
- C2: waitlist offered-a-place and accepted-a-place counts are blank; only the admitted-from-waitlist count (14) is printed.
- C8A vs C8F: C8A marks SAT/ACT as 'not required, consider if submitted', and C8F describes the requirement as suspended for the 2026-27 cycle, but C8A asks about Fall 2027 policy. Year reference is inconsistent; policy summary follows C8F.
- C11/C12: high school GPA data not available; GPA bands, average, and percent submitting are blank. The form field shows 0, which is treated as not reported.
- B4-B21 / grad_rate_4yr: the Fall 2019 cohort 4-year completion count (302 of 417) is printed, but no 4-year rate is printed, so it is left null.
- G1: the cost figures are labeled as reflecting 2025-2026 while the section requests 2026-27 costs; the 2026-27 costs were not yet available (May 2026). Tuition is a single private rate.
- H2: pct_with_need_awarded_aid is calculated as line D (240 awarded any aid) divided by line C (240 with determined need), giving 100. pct_need_fully_met is line H (240) divided by line D (240), giving 100.
- H1 is for 2025-26 estimated figures; the H2 and H5 numbers are not all from the same year.
- Retention rate 98.1 from RETENTION_FRSH_P; the printed 98 is the rounded figure.
- C9: SAT and ACT percentile figures come from verified scores, and enrolled students include those who deferred.
Source: Swarthmore College Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.