Editing Swarthmore College (section)

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 27
| THE_WSJ = 11
| USNWR_LA = 3
| Wamo_LA = 4
}}

Some sources, including ''Greene's Guides'',<ref name="green2">Greene, Howard and Matthew Greene (2000) ''Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence'', HarperCollins, {{ISBN|0-06-095362-4}}, excerpt at [http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060953624&tc=cx HarperCollins.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050321143927/http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060953624&tc=cx |date=March 21, 2005 }}</ref> have termed Swarthmore one of the "[[Little Ivies]]". In its 2025 college ranking, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Swarthmore as the third-best liberal arts college in the nation, behind [[Williams College|Williams]] and [[Amherst College|Amherst]].<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=U.S. News College Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges |access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref> Since the inception of the ''U.S. News'' rankings, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore are the only colleges to have been ranked for the number one liberal arts college. Swarthmore has been ranked the number one liberal arts college in the country six times.<ref name=":2">[http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/index.php?category=Liberal+Arts+Colleges "Liberal Arts College rankings"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413004239/http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/index.php?category=Liberal+Arts+Colleges |date=April 13, 2012 }}, ''Chronicle of Higher Education''</ref>

''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked Swarthmore 27th in its 2024-25 ranking of the top 500 U.S. colleges, universities and service academies .<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges |url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/#tab:rank |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810053444/http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/#tab:rank |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2025 |magazine=Forbes}}</ref>

Swarthmore ranked third among all institutions of higher education in the United States as measured by the percentage of graduates who went on to earn Ph.D.s between 2013 and 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/institutional-effectiveness-research-assessment/doctorates-awarded|title=''Weighted Baccalaureate Origins Study'', This shows baccalaureate origins of people granted Ph.D.s from 2013 to 2022. The listing shows institutions ranked by percentage of graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in selected disciplines|publisher=Swarthmore.edu|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606194007/https://www.swarthmore.edu/institutional-effectiveness-research-assessment/doctorates-awarded|archive-date=June 6, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/02/05/princeton-review-best-value-colleges-interactive/1890969/|title=2013 Princeton Review 150 Best Value Colleges|date=February 5, 2013|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220003212/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/02/05/princeton-review-best-value-colleges-interactive/1890969/|archive-date=February 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Swarthmore was named the #1 "Best Value" private college by ''[[The Princeton Review]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/best-value-colleges.htm|title=Best Value Colleges for 2010 and how they were chosen|date=January 12, 2010|work=USA Today|access-date=May 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522020646/http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/best-value-colleges.htm|archive-date=May 22, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Overall selection criteria included more than 30 factors in three areas: academics, costs and financial aid. Swarthmore was also placed on ''The Princeton Review''{{'s}} Financial Aid Honor Roll along with twelve other institutions for receiving the highest possible rating in its ranking methodology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/financial-aid-rating-press-release.aspx|title=Financial Aid Rating Press Release|date=August 2, 2010|publisher=Princetonreview.com|access-date=March 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323072029/http://www.princetonreview.com/financial-aid-rating-press-release.aspx|archive-date=March 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>