Smith at a Glance

Founded in 1871, 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 68 countries. An independent, nondenominational college, Smith remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but admits both men and women as graduate students.

Enrollment

More than 2,400 undergraduates in Northampton and 145 studying elsewhere

Tuition and Fees, 2020–21

Tuition: $55,830
Room and Board: $18,760
Student Activities Fee: $284

Financial Aid to the Class of 2023

Recipients of need-based gift aid from Smith: 58%
Smith grant range: $1,972-$71,622
Average need-based grant: $48,257
Smith guarantees to meet the full documented need, as determined by college policy, of all admitted students who apply for aid by the published admission and financial aid deadlines.

President

Kathleen McCartney is Smith’s president.

Faculty

290 professors in 58 academic departments and programs; student-faculty ratio of 9:1.

Courses of Study

About 1,000 courses in more than 50 areas of study.

Each year nearly half of Smith juniors study abroad in Smith programs in Florence, Geneva, Hamburg and Paris, or in programs in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and English-speaking countries in both hemispheres.

Library Holdings

More than 1 million items. Special-subject libraries for the fine and performing arts and the sciences; distinguished collection of women's history manuscripts; nationally prominent rare book collection.

Residential Life

41 self-governing houses accommodate between 12 and 100 students; most houses include women from all four classes.

Athletics

11 varsity sports and extensive intramural and club sport programs.

Success After Smith

Two years after graduation, 91 percent of alumnae are employed and 42 percent have enrolled in graduate studies.

Five College Consortium

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.