Brown v. Swarthmore

interesteddad
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:08:48 +0000

Two data points for your consideration:

1) Swarthmore’s per student endowment is three times larger than Brown’s. Larger endowment means more money for all kinds of “stuff”.

2) Swarthmore is the number one school in percentage of graduates getting a PhD in Political Science in the United States. Also number one in Econ. Also number one in Social Sciences overall. Number three in total PhDs behind CalTech and Harvey Mudd.

Both Brown and Swarthmore are great schools. Hard to go wrong. If you want to challenge yourself academically, like Tiger Woods enjoying a hard golf course, Swarthmore’s probably the more demanding layout.