For Counselors
Counselors are a vital part of what we do in college admission. We want you to be well served by our office. You are an important partner in this process, which each year becomes increasingly more complicated and anxiety producing. If hearing from an admission officer can be of benefit to your students and their parents, please contact admission@smith.edu.
Admission Statistics
Class of 2026 (as of August 2022*)
| Total number of applications | 7,269 |
| Admit rate | 23% |
| Size of class | 625 |
| Number of transfers entering in September | 18 |
| Number of states represented (including D.C. & US Territories) | 44 |
| Percentage of international students | 14% |
| Percentage of students of color (excluding international) | 32% |
*Preliminary estimates; final numbers could change.
Forms & Deadlines
Deferred applicants are reconsidered with regular decision applications in the spring. Decision mailings are sent mid-December.
| Early Decision Agreement | November 15 | |
| Common Application or Coalition Application |
November 15 | |
| Secondary School Report | November 15 | |
| Counselor Recommendation | November 15 | |
| Two Teacher Evaluations | November 15 | |
| Standardized Test Scores (optional) | November 15 | |
| First-quarter or First-trimester Senior Grades | As soon as grades become available | |
| Interview (optional) | November 15 | |
| Financial Aid Materials | See Tuition & Financial Aid for deadlines | |
| Midyear School Report | As soon as grades become available |
Where to Send Forms
You can send your documents to us by email, through the mail or via fax. Please make copies of all documents submitted.
Office of Admission
Smith College
7 College Lane
Northampton, MA 01063
Fax: 413-585-2527
Deferred applicants are reconsidered with regular decision applications in the spring. Decision mailings are sent in late January.
| Early Decision Agreement | January 1 | |
| Common Application or Coalition Application |
January 1 | |
| Secondary School Report | January 1 | |
| Counselor Recommendation | January 1 | |
| Two Teacher Evaluations | January 1 | |
| First-quarter or First-trimester Senior Grades | As soon as grades become available | |
| Midyear School Report (if available) | January 1 | |
| Standardized Test Scores (optional) | January 1 | |
| Interview (optional) | January 1 | |
| Financial Aid Materials | See Tuition & Financial Aid for deadlines |
Where to Send Forms
You can send your documents to us by email, through the mail or via fax. Please make copies of all documents submitted.
Office of Admission
Smith College
7 College Lane
Northampton, MA 01063
Fax: 413-585-2527
Decision mailings are sent in late March.
| Common Application or Coalition Application |
January 15 | |
| Secondary School Report | January 15 | |
| Counselor Recommendation | January 15 | |
| Two Teacher Evaluations | January 15 | |
| Standardized Test Scores (optional) | January 15 | |
| Interview (optional) | January 15 | |
| Midyear School Report | February 15* | |
| Financial Aid Materials | See Tuition & Financial Aid for deadlines |
*If you are unable to provide the Midyear School Report by February 15, please send it to us as soon as possible.
Where to Send Forms
You can send your documents to us by email, through the mail or via fax. Please make copies of all documents submitted.
Office of Admission
Smith College
7 College Lane
Northampton, MA 01063
Fax: 413-585-2527
Smith at a Glance
Enrollment
More than 2,100 undergraduates in Northampton
Tuition and Fees, 2023–24
- Tuition: $61,260
- Room and Board: $21,310
- Student Activities Fee: $308
Financial Aid to the Class of 2025
- Recipients of need-based gift aid from Smith: 63%
- Smith grant range: $1,120-$81,000
- Average need-based grant: $55,000
At Smith we are committed to making a high-quality education possible for women from all economic backgrounds by meeting 100% of the documented need of all admitted students who meet our deadlines. In the fall of 2022, Smith College will eliminate loans from its undergraduate financial aid packages for students receiving need-based institutional grants and replace the loan amount with grants from the college.
President
Kathleen McCartney is Smith’s president.
Faculty
295 professors in more than 50 academic departments and programs; student-faculty ratio of 9:1 in most years
99% of full-time faculty have doctoral or terminal degrees
Courses of Study
About 1,000 courses in more than 50 areas of study.
International Study
Each year 40% 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 house communities accommodate between 10 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
Six months after graduation, 97 percent of alums are employed or enrolled in full-time graduate studies.
Five College Consortium
Student and faculty exchanges, joint faculty appointments, joint course offerings, doctoral 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 45,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate degree recipients in all 50 states and more than 120 countries.
Support for Smith
Fundraising campaigns, including Women for the World and Here for Every Voice, have raised a total of $605 million in recent years. It was the largest and most successful campaign ever undertaken by a women’s college. In 2020, the college received the largest gift in its history – $50 million – in support of financial aid and career development.
Graduation Rates
Smith’s six-year undergraduate graduation rate is 90 percent.
