<p>Whatever your definition of middle-class, here is the parents’ income profile for students receiving scholarship support from Swarthmore this year. Looks like plenty of middle income families. Average financial aid award is $36,540. From college’s institutional research website at <a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/FAStats.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/FAStats.pdf</a></p>
<p>Family income of aided students in 2010-11:
$ 40,000 and below 17%
$ 40,001 - $ 60,000 10%
$ 60,001 - $ 80,000 11%
$ 80,001 - $100,000 12%
$100,001 - $120,000 10%
$120,001 - $150,000 17%
$150,001 and above 23%</p>