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Smith
College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s
colleges in the United States, with students from 48 states and 72 countries.
The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate
level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.
2,600 undergraduates in Northampton, Massachusetts,
and 250 studying elsewhere
Tuition: $37,510
Room and Board: $12,622
Student Activities Fee: $248
Tuition and fees cover only 73 percent
of the actual cost of a Smith education. The difference, a subsidy
of more than $17,000 per student, comes from the college's endowment and annual gifts.
Recipients of need-based gift aid from Smith:
53%
Recipients of aid from any source: 75%
Smith grant range: $708–$45,796
Average need-based grant: $27,114
Smith guarantees to meet the full financial
need, as calculated by the college, of all admitted students who meet the published
admission and financial aid deadlines.
285 professors in 41 academic departments
and programs; student-faculty ratio of 9:1.
1,000 courses in more than 50 areas of study.
Two semesters (13 weeks of classes), separated
by a January interterm of three weeks.
More than 1 million items. Special-subject
libraries for the fine arts, the performing arts and the sciences; distinguished
collection of women's history manuscripts; nationally prominent rare book collection.
In the past decade, Smith women have
received some of the most prestigious academic fellowships and honors, including
National Science Foundation Fellowships, Truman Awards, Mellon Fellowships, Goldwater
Scholarships, Beinecke Awards, Rhodes Scholarships, Luce Foundation Awards and Bosch
Foundation Fellowships. Fourteen Fulbright Fellowships were offered to Smith students
and recent graduates in 2009. Among those admitted from high schools with class rankings,
64 percent of students entering Smith in the fall of 2009 were ranked in the top
10 percent of their high school classes.
36 self-governing houses accommodate between
10 and 100 students; most houses include women from all four classes.
Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and
Learning; Quantitative Learning Center; Career Development Office; Health Service;
Counseling Services.
Nine out of 10 Smith seniors surveyed said “Yes!” when
asked if they were satisfied with their overall college experience. More than 90
percent of students say they are satisfied with a variety of campus services, including
accessibility of faculty, library services and cultural offerings on campus. About
86 percent of those who enter as first-year students graduate from Smith. |
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Networked PCs and Macintoshes; multi-user
UNIX servers; several academic resource centers and departmental computing clusters.
Wireless networking is available in academic buildings, libraries, the Campus Center
and common areas in student houses.
Each year nearly half of Smith juniors study
abroad. Smith’s programs in Florence, Geneva, Hamburg and Paris combine rigorous
academics with the excitement of living in another country and discovering a new
culture. Students may also study in programs in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America
and English-speaking countries in both hemispheres. Smith ranks first in the nation
among U.S. baccalaureate institutions in the number of students studying abroad for
a full year.
14 varsity sports and extensive intramural
and club sport programs; three-building sports complex including two gymnasiums,
six-lane pool, weight rooms, training room, climbing wall, fitness center, dance
studio and indoor track and tennis center. Outdoor facilities include 25 acres of
playing fields, all-weather track, 5,000-meter cross-country course, crew facilities
and boat houses, and indoor and outdoor riding rings.
More than 120 chartered student organizations
with a range of services and activities.
Student and faculty exchanges, joint faculty
appointments, joint course offerings, Ph.D. programs, combined library catalogues
and borrowing privileges between Smith and nearby Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire
colleges and the University of Massachusetts.
About 80 percent of seniors surveyed said Smith
had boosted their ability to write effectively, acquire new skills and knowledge,
think analytically and logically, understand themselves, synthesize ideas and gain
in-depth knowledge of an academic field.
More than 47,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate
degree recipients in all 50 states and more than 100 countries.
Smith is consistently among the top private
liberal arts institutions in gift income. Gifts and pledges to Smith in 2006-07 totaled
$35.9 million in cash gifts and $38 million in new commitments, including $11.3 million
raised through The Smith Fund. Corporate, foundation and government grants totaled
$7.43 million. Thirty-seven percent of the college's alumnae contributed to The
Smith Fund, the college's annual alumnae, parents and friends fund.
Smith College is accredited by the New England
Association of Schools and Colleges. Membership in the association indicates that
the institution has been carefully evaluated and found to meet standards agreed upon
by qualified educators.
Smith College is committed to maintaining a
diverse community in an atmosphere of mutual respect and appreciation of differences. Read
our statement of nondiscrimination.
Smith College requires all members of the college
community to comply with the copyright law and the college's Copyright
Policy. It is a violation of the college's Policy
on the Acceptable Use of Computer Resources to use or copy digital versions of
copyrighted material without the permission of the author. Read
our statement on compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
