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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 620+ Swarthmore alumni actually went on to do.

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What Swarthmore grads actually do

Based on 620 notable Swarthmore alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

university teacher
136
writer
78
historian
51
politician
47
economist
46
lawyer
40
journalist
35
mathematician
29
researcher
26
academic
25
political scientist
22
psychologist
21

Notable Swarthmore alumni

Elizabeth Martínez
Elizabeth Martínez
social activist · community organizer
Edmund Jones
Edmund Jones
politician
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
film critic · journalist
David Malone
David Malone
politician · television producer
George Zinkhan
George Zinkhan
university teacher · poet
Dave Bayer
Dave Bayer
mathematician
Duncan K. Foley
Duncan K. Foley
economist · university teacher
David L. Cohen
David L. Cohen
lawyer

Salary outlook for top Swarthmore career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
economist
10th–90th percentile: $62,520$216,900
$115,730
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr
mathematician
10th–90th percentile: $62,260$183,500
$116,440
median / yr

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About Swarthmore

Swarthmore College ( SWORTH-mor, locally SWAHTH-mor) is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established as a college under the Religious Society of Friends. By 1906, Swarthmore had dropped its religious affiliation and officially became non-sectarian. Swarthmore is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. It is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, a cooperative academic arrangement with Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. Swarthmore is also affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through the Quaker Consortium, which allows students to cross-register for classes at all four institutions. Swarthmore's alumni include 6 Nobel Prize winners, 14 MacArthur Foundation fellows, 28 Rhodes Scholars, as well as winners of the Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, and the Guggenheim Fellowship.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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