Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Small

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The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid is $25,519. 86% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $69,936 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $8,000.

Average net price
$25,519
per year Verified data
Completion rate
86%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$69,936
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$8,000
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$67,448
Out-of-state tuition and fees$67,448
Average cost of attendance$91,062
Books and supplies$800
Room and board, on campus$23,360
Average net price, all aided students$25,519
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$2,541
Average net price, family income over $110,000$40,596

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
21%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1420 to 1540
ACT composite range, middle 50%
32 to 35
Undergraduate enrollment
2,544
Graduate enrollment
308
Students receiving Pell grants
22%
Student to faculty ratio
8 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time86%
Completion within normal time66%
First-year retention (full-time)94%
Median federal debt, graduates$8,000
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$91
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$50,372
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry70%
1 year after completion$42,655
4 years after completion$57,618
6 years after entry$50,855
8 years after entry$60,086
10 years after entry$69,936
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $69,936; the middle half earned $43,406 to $99,964. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Smith College

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

65 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Bachelor's degree (55)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
11$29,658$11,875
Applied Statistics
CIP 27.06
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Archeology
CIP 45.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation
CIP 04.08 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
29$37,005$10,000
Astronomy and Astrophysics
CIP 40.02 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
48$42,533$11,875
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
24$44,531$8,000
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.12 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Cognitive Science
CIP 30.25
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
41$89,589$12,606
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Science
CIP 30.70 · No credentials fully online
42Suppressed for privacy$12,389
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.03 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacy$12,500
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
CIP 26.13
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
44$70,191$13,000
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
23$46,922$13,490
Engineering Science
CIP 14.13 · No credentials fully online
39Suppressed for privacy$8,000
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · No credentials fully online
2$71,917Suppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
46$35,994$13,500
Environmental Design
CIP 04.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
27Suppressed for privacy$9,245
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacy$10,618
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
31$29,890$11,320
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
23$28,074$8,000
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Library Science and Administration
CIP 25.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
20$49,747Suppressed for privacy
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
CIP 30.13 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.11
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacy$10,000
Museology/Museum Studies
CIP 30.14
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
17$33,072$11,875
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15 · No credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacy$10,000
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
48$44,206$11,316
Public Health
CIP 51.22
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online
77$44,029$13,500
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13
Suppressed for privacy$8,000
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
34$38,320$10,000
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
21$40,682$12,478
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
8$70,881Suppressed for privacy
Urban Studies/Affairs
CIP 45.12
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (7)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
133$58,976Suppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 167835, OPEID 002209. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.