Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
66.7%
3,912 admitted
SAT · 50th
1320
Range 1185–1380
6-yr grad
70.9%
Retention 86.4%
Undergrads
1,862
11:1 S-F
Admissions
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66.7%
3,912 admitted
from 5,865 apps
Applications5,865
Overall admit rate66.7%
Enrolled488 · 12.5% yield
Test scores
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1320
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1185–1380
SAT
255075
R&W———
Math580630675
Comp118513201380
Cost & aid
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$32,494
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$32,494
Fees$1,854
Room & board$18,210
Books$1,000
Avg need-based grant$53,392
Academics
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11 : 1
student-faculty ratio
86.4% retention
Student-faculty11 : 1
Retention86.4%
6-year graduation70.9%
Enrollment
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1,862
undergraduates
54.8% out-of-state · 23 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,862
Out-of-state54.8%
International (freshmen)23
Rankings
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#73
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#7326
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#23326
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#24826
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceLiberty League9
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early actionoffered
Test policytest-optional
Admissions URLhttps://www.hws.edu/
Admissions emailadmissions@hws.edu
Admissions phone315 781 3622
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Skidmore College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Skidmore College NY · Private (nonprofit)23.8%14002K
Gettysburg College PA · Private (nonprofit)40.1%—1K
Dickinson College PA · Private (nonprofit)41.5%13802K
Hartwick College NY · Private (nonprofit)84.6%1190—
Union College NY · Private (nonprofit)43.4%1390—
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Hobart William Smith Colleges

16 years of Hobart William Smith Colleges's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.