Life After Swarthmore
At Swarthmore, you’ll enjoy access to countless resources and opportunities that will empower you to follow your academic and professional passions. You’ll channel thoughts into action and positive change, shape ideas alongside people who will challenge and inspire you, and discover solutions for a better world. These experiences will prepare you for everything that comes after Swarthmore, including a meaningful career, graduate and professional degrees, and a life of discovery and innovation.
Want proof? Explore the eclectic and sometimes surprising pathways Swarthmore alumni forge in our online guide to Swarthmore outcomes. We’ve also surveyed graduating students on their student experience and post-graduate outcomes in our Final Destination Report.
Next Steps for Swarthmore Graduates
Graduating seniors enter a variety of careers, including business, public service, scientific research, economics and policy research, law, writing/editing, medicine, technology, engineering, and education. Swarthmore alumni regularly attend the nation’s finest graduate and professional programs — with acceptance rates well above the national average. Swarthmore alumni also ranked third-highest in the country for earned doctorates across all disciplines.
How We Help
Swarthmore cultivates interdisciplinary collaborations that enable students to pursue fascinating careers. We offer wide-ranging, valuable programs and resources that help Swatties apply their education in practical and meaningful ways after graduation.
