Swarthmore's transfer friendliness?

interesteddad
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:03:18 +0000

The numbers are in the Common Data Set each year. Swarthmore actually takes a fairly sizeable number of transfer students each year. It’s factored into the number of freshmen they accept. They had just reached the point where Admissions thought they were bordering on being dishonest even offering transfer applications, so they made a policy decision to reserve a reasonable number of slots each year. I don’t know what the average is, but it looks like it’s probably 4% of the new Swatties each year. Their target transfer enrollment for next year is higher – 27 if I recall. They are trying to expand the student body by 16 students to generate some additonal revenue ($519,000 assuming the same mix of financial need as the overall student body) and use up some of the excess dorm beds with the completion of the two new dorms. They have about 30 extra beds without using any of the overflow rooms (lounges that can be used as student rooms, some basement rooms, etc.).

Fall 2008:

161 transfer applicants
28 accepted transfers
17 enrolled transfers

Fall 2007:

189 transfer applicants
26 accepted transfers
13 enrolled transfers

Fall 2006:

174 transfer applicants
30 accepted transfers
16 enrolled transfers