Swarthmore College Common Data Set 2015 – 2016 Office of Institutional Research Swarthmore College Common Data Set 2015 - 2016 Table of Contents Section Page A. General Information ................................................................................................................. 1 B. Enrollment and Persistence ...................................................................................................... 2 C. First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission ......................................................................... 5 D. Transfer Admission ................................................................................................................ 12 E. Academic Offerings and Policies ........................................................................................... 14 F. Student Life ............................................................................................................................ 14 G. Annual Expenses .................................................................................................................... 16 H. Financial Aid* ........................................................................................................................ 18 I. Instructional Faculty and Class Size ...................................................................................... 24 J. Degrees Conferred ................................................................................................................. 27 K. Supplemental Information 1. Degree Programs, sorted by name .................................................................................. 28 2. Degree Programs, sorted by CIP Code ........................................................................... 29 3. Detail on Degrees conferred (including most popular majors) .................................... .30 4. Athletics ......................................................................................................................... 31 Common Data Set General Definitions ......................................................................................... 32 *Common Data Set Financial Aid Definitions .............................................................................. 39 Common Data Set 2015-2016 A. GENERAL INFORMATION A1. Address Information Name of College or University: Swarthmore College Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country: 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 Street Address (if different), City/State/Zip/Country Main Phone Number: 610‐328‐8000 WWW Home Page Address: www.swarthmore.edu Admissions Phone Number: 610‐328‐8300 Admissions Toll-free Number: 800‐667‐3110 Admissions Office Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country: 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 Admissions Fax Number: 610‐328‐8580 Admissions E-mail Address: [email protected] If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify: www.commonapp.org Also, the Common Application is accessible through our website. If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide: A2. Source of institutional control (check one only) Public Private (nonprofit) Proprietary A3. Classify your undergraduate institution: Coeducational college Men’s college Women’s college A4. Academic year calendar Semester 4-1-4 Quarter Continuous Trimester Differs by program (describe): Other (describe): A5. Degrees offered by your institution Certificate Postbachelor’s certificate Diploma Master’s Associate Post-master’s certificate Transfer Doctoral degree research/scholarship Terminal Doctoral degree – professional practice Bachelor’s Doctoral degree -- other Swarthmore College Office of Institutional Research--Page 1 of 39 Common Data Set 2015-2016 B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE B1. Institutional Enrollment—Men and Women Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2015. Note: Report students formerly designated as “first professional” in the graduate cells. *NOTE: These counts include the 75 students who are studying abroad Fall 2015. FULL-TIME PART-TIME Men Women Men Women Undergraduates Degree-seeking, first-time 194 213 0 0 freshmen Other first-year, degree- 2 0 0 0 seeking All other degree-seeking 582 575 0 0 Total degree-seeking 778 788 0 0 All other undergraduates 1 4 4 6 enrolled in credit courses Total undergraduates 779 792 4 6 Graduate Degree-seeking, first-time 0 0 0 0 All other degree-seeking 0 0 0 0 All other graduates enrolled 0 0 0 0 in credit courses Total graduate 0 0 0 0 Total all undergraduates: 1,581 Total all graduate: 0 GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 1,581 Swarthmore College Office of Institutional Research--Page 2 of 39 Common Data Set 2015-2016 B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category. Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2015. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the “Total Undergraduates” column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns. Report as your institution reports to IPEDS: persons who are Hispanic should be reported only on the Hispanic line, not under any race, and persons who are non-Hispanic multi-racial should be reported only under "Two or more races." *NOTE: These counts include the 75 students who are studying abroad Fall 2015. Degree-seeking Degree-seeking Total First-time First year Undergraduates Undergraduates (include first-time (both degree- and non- first-year) degree-seeking)** Nonresident aliens 52 169 171 Hispanic/Latino 48 202 204 Black or African American, non- 27 95 95 Hispanic White, non-Hispanic 166 661 670 American Indian or Alaska Native, non- 0 1 1 Hispanic Asian, non-Hispanic 78 269 269 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific 1 2 2 Islander, non-Hispanic Two or more races, non-Hispanic 27 120 120 Race and/or ethnicity unknown 8 47 49 Total 407 1566 1581 **NOTE: The last column is completed contrary to instructions because some guidebooks that use this form will otherwise insert blanks into their description of the College. Please note that it is NOT a total of the first two columns, but is the total full‐ and part‐time, degree‐ and non‐degree‐ seeking. Persistence B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015. Certificate/diploma ‐ Associate degrees ‐ Bachelor’s degrees 397 Postbachelor’s certificates ‐ Master’s degrees ‐ Post-master’s certificates ‐ Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship ‐ Doctoral degrees – professional practice ‐ Doctoral degrees – other ‐ Swarthmore College Office of Institutional Research--Page 3 of 39 Common Data Set 2015-2016 Graduation Rates The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System’s Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2015 Web-based survey. For Bachelor’s or Equivalent Programs Please provide data for the Fall 2009 cohort if available. If Fall 2009 cohort data are not available, provide data for the Fall 2008 cohort. *Per CDS instructions, Fall 2009 cohort information is available & provided below; Fall 2008 cohort information can be found in the 2014‐2015 CDS. Fall 2009 Cohort Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in Fall 2009. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding Fall 2009. B4. Initial 2009 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: ______394____________ B5. Of the initial 2009 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: ______0________________ B6. Final 2009 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: ____394___________ (Subtract question B5 from question B4) B7. Of the initial 2009 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2013): ____343_______ B8. Of the initial 2009 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2013 and by August 31, 2014): _____18____________ B9. Of the initial 2009 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2014 and by August 31, 2015): _______9_______ B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): ______370________ B11. Six-year graduation rate for 2009 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): ____93.9___ % (Two Year Graduation Rates Not Applicable) Retention Rates Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in Fall 2014 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made. B22. For the cohort of all full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen