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unitid 167835 · Northampton, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)

Smith College

enrollment 2023
3,192
predominant degree
Bachelor's

scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years

The record

admission rate

21%

6th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

undergraduates

2,544

82nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

18%

undergrads on Pell grants

16th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

completion

89%

finish within 150% time

93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

sticker cost / yr

$86,030

97th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

avg net price / yr

$27,579

after aid, aided students

72nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

median earnings, 10 yr

$64,027

after entry, Title IV students

77th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

median grad debt

$17,550

14th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years

what families actually pay

Cost

Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.

Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort

Families earning under $30k paid $1,363 per year after aid.

Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).

Who enrolls, by family income

  • 0-30k
    21%
  • 30-48k
    not reported
  • 48-75k
    not reported
  • 75-110k
    not reported
  • 110k+
    not reported
Median family income
$70,695
First-generation students
19%
In-state tuition & fees
$65,178

earnings · debt · programs

Outcomes

Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid

Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.6× the median graduate debt.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.

What programs pay — top fields of study

programgradsearn 5 yrdebt
Social Work.108$69,652
Research and Experimental Psychology.80$62,558$19,000
Data Science.62
Political Science and Government.60$63,650$19,000
English Language and Literature, General.45$53,422$19,000
Biology, General.45$48,329$19,000
Economics.45$74,557$19,000
Computer Science.41$19,000
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.39$49,924$19,000
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.32$52,652$19,000
Fine and Studio Arts.32$38,376$19,000
Neurobiology and Neurosciences.31$19,000

— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.

annual scorecard files, 1996–2026

Trajectory

Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.

Admission rate

Price per year

  • sticker
  • net

Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

Undergraduates

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Provenance

  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.