Swagel ya bar Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2009, ranar da Barack Obama ya zama
aka kaddamar a matsayin magajin Bush. Daga baya a wannan shekarar ya shiga Makarantar Kasuwanci ta McDonough ta Jami'ar Georgetown a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara kuma darektan Cibiyar Cibiyoyin Kudi, Manufofi, da Gudanarwa. A can ya koyar da azuzuwan kan rawar kasuwannin hada-hadar kudi a cikin tattalin arzikin da ya fi girma. A cikin 2011 ya zama Farfesa a Manufofin Tattalin Arzikin Kasa da Kasa a Jami'ar Maryland School of Public Policy. Har ila yau, shi malami ne na Cibiyar Kula da Harkokin Kasuwanci a Jami'ar Robert H. Smith School of Business, babban jami'i a Cibiyar Milken, kuma masanin da ba shi da zama a AEI. Ya kuma koyar da azuzuwan a Jami'ar Chicago Booth School of Business.