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 and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 66 Title IV programs, 15 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 51 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing15 · 22.7%
- No Data51 · 77.3%
- 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.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Action history · 2
- Apr 2018Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Apr 2008Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of 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, 598 students received $3.5M in Pell grants, alongside $10.1M 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 583 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (1.2%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Smith College
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
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 campus10
- Non-campus1
Includes 1 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
- Talbot House1 fireCookingDamage $100-$999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Smith College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Smith College 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSmith College | 89% | — | 2,857 | $27,579 | Baccalaureate |
| 87% | 17.6% | 3,126 | $38,782 | Baccalaureate | |
| 76% | 66.3% | 2,674 | $33,016 | Baccalaureate | |
| 84% | 36.0% | 2,275 | $26,441 | Baccalaureate | |
| 92% | 14.0% | 2,407 | $25,496 | Baccalaureate | |
| 94% | 8.3% | 2,164 | $17,716 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 88% | 17.6% | 2,541 | $27,010 |
Institutions like Smith College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Smith College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateMassachusetts
College of the Holy Cross
Grad rate87%Admit rate17.6%Enrollment3,126Net price$38,782View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Stonehill College
Grad rate76%Admit rate66.3%Enrollment2,674Net price$33,016View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Mount Holyoke College
Grad rate84%Admit rate36.0%Enrollment2,275Net price$26,441View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Wellesley College
Grad rate92%Admit rate14.0%Enrollment2,407Net price$25,496View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Williams College
Grad rate94%Admit rate8.3%Enrollment2,164Net price$17,716View data
Smith College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research enables data-informed decision-making through survey research, assessment support, and analytic infrastructure development, providing consistent, reliable, and accessible information about Smith College while supporting faculty governance and enabling stakeholders to track and measure their success.
Visit IR office page- Cate RowenAssociate Vice President for Analytics & Institutional Research
- Kathleen FoleyAssociate Director for Analytics
- Minh LyAssociate Director for Assessment
- Jayne MercierAssociate Director for Faculty Analytics
- Kate AloisioAssociate Director of Institutional Research
- Liz KamererResearch and Program Assistant
- Lidia Ortiz ZamoraEquity and Inclusion Analyst
Common Data Set
Smith College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C18,666 applied → 1,820 admitted (21.0%) → 645 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Highly selective — 21.0% acceptance rate.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1450–1520 (median 1480).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 32–35 (median 34).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C21,531 offered a waitlist spot, 803 accepted it, 43 admitted (5.4% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Where grant aid comes from
H194% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H551% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $14,697 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 89%; first-year retention 94%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 0 pts above the overall rate (89% vs 89%).
Academic Experience
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~30% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B214% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B12,549 undergraduates and 308 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1383 transfer applicants → 79 admitted (20.6%) → 41 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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