General Computer & Information Sciences at Swarthmore College

If you plan to study general computer and information sciences, take a look at what Swarthmore College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Swarthmore is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,437 students attend the school each year. Of the 59 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in 2021, 59 of them were general computer and information sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Swarthmore General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Swarthmore General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Swarthmore performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at Swarthmore is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best General Computer Science Schools	7
	9
	13
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	22
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	175
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	182

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Swarthmore

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 59 computer and information sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Swarthmore, about 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Swarthmore since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	20
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Swarthmore also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Swarthmore College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Computer Systems Analysts	21,910	$95,990
Computer Workers	19,010	$87,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,070	$146,860
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	12,760	$77,700
Computer Network Architects	7,120	$101,090

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nelson Pavlosky under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.