Swarthmore College ( Swarthmore College (also known as Swarthmore College) is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the United States, located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and was ranked in the top three liberal arts colleges in the United States in 2015, along with and. The College insists on small class sizes and rigorous academic discipline, with its freshman acceptance rate of less than 20%, and requires freshmen with higher average SAT scores than, and students.