Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit24.9%
Acceptance rate
1,184
SAT Average
$36,828
Avg net price
3,633
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 616 |
| Bachelor’s 143 |
| Bachelor’s 108 |
| Bachelor’s 68 |
| Bachelor’s 64 |
| Bachelor’s 52 |
| Bachelor’s 40 |
| Bachelor’s 38 |
| Bachelor’s 27 |
| Bachelor’s 22 |
| Bachelor’s 17 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 7 |
| Bachelor’s 5 |
| Bachelor’s 5 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
Early Decision
Binding
Early Action
Regular Decision
FAFSA due Feb 1 · FAFSA due Apr 1
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $28,207
- Required fees
- $3,349
- Food and housing
- $18,091
- Books and supplies
- $1,500
- Other expenses
- $4,995
- Total
- $56,142
- $54,3102019–2019–20
- $54,7402020–2120–21
- $48,2442021–2221–22
- $49,5662022–2322–23
- $51,3662023–2423–24
- $56,1422024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $36,828 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 68%
- Average share of need met
- 19%
- Average need-based grant
- $17,145
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Spelman College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Spelman College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Spelman College runs one binding Early Decision round and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Spelman College withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
648 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 21% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
30% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
17% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Spelman College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 31% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.96
High-school class rank
Among the 31% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Spelman College rates 5 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Spelman College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $52,894 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $36,828 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 442 of 648 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $52,894
Averages among the 442 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Spelman College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Spelman College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
93.8% of Spelman College’s first-years return for a second year and 76.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03