Smith College
Northampton, MA · Private nonprofit21%
Acceptance rate
1,480
SAT Average
$26,181
Avg net price
2,501
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 690Master’s 155Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 110Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 72Master’s 5Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 58Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 52Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 51Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 40Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 40Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 38Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 13Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 119Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 14Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports12
Early Decision I
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 6
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 25
· Apply with Coalition or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $64,870
- Required fees
- $308
- Food and housing
- $22,570
- Books and supplies
- $800
- Other expenses
- $2,514
- Total
- $91,062
- $75,1692019–2019–20
- $75,8422020–2120–21
- $78,4382021–2221–22
- $82,1342022–2322–23
- $86,0302023–2423–24
- $91,0622024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $26,181 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
- 61%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $73,031
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
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
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- 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 Smith College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Smith College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Smith College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. 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. Smith College admits in-state applicants at 27.5%, out-of-state applicants at 33.5%, and international applicants at 4.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
698 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 20% in 2021–22.
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
15% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 29% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
High-school class rank
Among the 29% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Smith 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
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Smith College leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Smith 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 $96,088 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $26,181 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 426 of 698 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 $96,088
Averages among the 426 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Smith College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Smith College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
92.6% of Smith College’s first-years return for a second year and 89.7% 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