23.0% / 28.8%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications8,666
Overall admit rate21.0%
In-state admit rate23.0%
Out-of-state admit rate28.8%
Enrolled645 · 35.4% yield
Admitted from waitlist43 of 1,531
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsClass rank, Extracurriculars, Interview, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#13
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#1326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Bachelor's/Master's)#1426
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#2126
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#2726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#8926
NicheBest Colleges in America#10426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#13626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Federal designationWomen's College9
Athletic conferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMassachusetts colleges25
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
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no application-fee data
Regular decision15-Jan → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision15-Nov → Mid-December · binding
Early decision 21-Jan
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyNot required for admission, but considered if submitted
Admissions URLhttps://www.smith.edu/admission-aid
Admissions emailadmission@smith.edu
Admissions phone413-585-2500
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Wellesley College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Wellesley College MA · Private (nonprofit)14.8%15002K
Mount Holyoke College MA · Private (nonprofit)38.4%14202K
Bryn Mawr College PA · Private (nonprofit)—1380—
Barnard College NY · Private (nonprofit)8.0%15003K
Vassar College NY · Private (nonprofit)20.9%14902K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Oberlin College OH · Private (nonprofit)33.0%14202K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.