Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
About
Paul Smith’s College is a private, four-year institution located in Paul Smiths, New York, with approximately 750 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. Known as the "College of the Adirondacks," it focuses on hands-on academics and environmental studies, situated within the six-million-acre Adirondack Park.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 37 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 28 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing9 · 24.3%
- No Data28 · 75.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 5
- Jan 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jan 2021Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2020Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Sep 2019Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2018Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 237 students received $1.3M in Pell grants, alongside $3.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 281 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (2.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Paulsmiths
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 8
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Paulsmiths vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Paulsmiths selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPaul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 51% | — | 948 | $24,583 | Baccalaureate |
Bethany College | 36% | 56.0% | 615 | $29,203 | Baccalaureate |
Bluffton University | 53% | 67.2% | 646 | $17,430 | Baccalaureate |
Boricua College | 33% | — | 516 | $14,187 | Baccalaureate |
Brescia University | 53% | 35.2% | 690 | $14,626 | Baccalaureate |
Brevard College | 49% | 42.2% | 875 | $21,376 | Baccalaureate |
Brewton-Parker College | 17% | 96.5% | 1,338 | $21,983 | Baccalaureate |
Davis & Elkins College | 39% | 94.3% | 661 | $19,428 | Baccalaureate |
Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies | 21% | — | 659 | $13,375 | Baccalaureate |
Elmira College | 65% | 77.0% | 786 | $23,735 | Baccalaureate |
Goshen College | 65% | 84.1% | 847 | $15,725 | Baccalaureate |
Howard Payne University | 28% | 67.4% | 809 | $25,255 | Baccalaureate |
Huston-Tillotson University | 34% | 39.1% | 1,059 | $19,847 | Baccalaureate |
Jarvis Christian University | 15% | — | 622 | $10,409 | Baccalaureate |
Kentucky Wesleyan College | 46% | 71.6% | 887 | $36,431 | Baccalaureate |
LaGrange College | 45% | 62.1% | 813 | $17,805 | Baccalaureate |
Le Moyne-Owen College | 32% | 99.2% | 659 | $8,992 | Baccalaureate |
North Central University | 65% | 99.0% | 852 | $23,574 | Baccalaureate |
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education | 41% | — | 1,352 | $26,734 | Baccalaureate |
Paul Quinn College | 22% | 40.3% | 628 | $20,244 | Baccalaureate |
Peirce College | 50% | — | 929 | $12,905 | Baccalaureate |
Southwestern Adventist University | 52% | 78.4% | 764 | $20,581 | Baccalaureate |
Stillman College | 25% | 62.2% | 731 | $12,272 | Baccalaureate |
Tabor College | 34% | 64.6% | 621 | $19,868 | Baccalaureate |
Texas College | 14% | — | 614 | $10,650 | Baccalaureate |
Union Adventist University | 58% | 100.0% | 729 | $20,884 | Baccalaureate |
Wesleyan College | 45% | 59.1% | 531 | $14,528 | Baccalaureate |
William Peace University | 45% | 94.3% | 722 | $21,728 | Baccalaureate |
Williams Baptist University | 26% | 83.4% | 517 | $15,875 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 41% | 69.5% | 729 | $19,847 |
Paulsmiths Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page primarily provides links related to Paul Smith's College, including admissions, centers, and various other resources. Contact information for the college is also provided, along with a physical address. The page heavily focuses on a specific event involving Paul Smith's College sponsoring the Lake Placid Ironman event.
Visit IR office page- Jeffrey WaltonRegistrar/Director of Institutional Research
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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