Reason #18 You Should Visit
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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.
International 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.
Alumnae
More than 48,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate degree recipients in all 50 states and more than 120 countries.
Support for Smith
In 2016 Smith concluded the Women for the World campaign, raising a total of $486 million for the college’s key priorities. It was the largest and most successful campaign ever undertaken by a women’s college.
Graduation Rates
Smith’s six-year undergraduate graduation rate is 89 percent.
Smith, in the Moment
