Swarthmore College's admit rate has held within a 2.1-point band over 7 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 7.5% | 426 | 92.0% | 98.1% | 1,520 |
| 2024-2025 | 7.5% | 427 | 92.3% | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 6.9% | 415 | 94.0% | 97.2% | 1,520 |
| 2022-2023 | 6.9% | 433 | 94.0% | 96.0% | — |
| 2021-2022 | 7.8% | 454 | 94.0% | 94.9% | — |
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Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Highly selective — top tier of CDS Atlas schools.
Swarthmore College's 7.5% admit rate places it among 50 of 334 covered schools admitting below 15% (~15.0% of the index).
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 36 percentage points.
Swarthmore College's 92.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 35.7 pp.
Admit-rate selectivity has held steady across reporting cycles.
Swarthmore College's admit rate has stayed in a narrow 6.9%–7.8% band across 5 reporting cycles — a 0.9% spread.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
Swarthmore College's 98.1% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 21.3 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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