Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College (/ˈswɑːθmɔːr/, or SWAHTH-mor; also pronounced /ˈswɔːrθmɔːr/) is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established as a college "under the care of Friends, [and] at which an education may be obtained equal to that of the best institutions of learning in our country." By 1906, Swarthmore had dropped its religious affiliation and officially became non-sectarian.