College · Private nonprofit · Geneva, NY · Town
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Admit rate64%
6-yr median pay$62k
Net price / yr$32k
Undergrad size1,786
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $32k/yr for a shot at a $62k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 64% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1319 · ACT 29.
If you get in
1,786 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $83k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $32k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$330k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$126k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$204k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $65.1k
- Room & board
- $17.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants25%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans74%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr77%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$62k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$69k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out14%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,786
- Location
- Geneva, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White66%
- Hispanic11%
- Black7%
- International6%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown3%
- Asian3%
First-gen students13%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$112k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 38
What you can study.
- Economics$84k · 5-yr
- Natural Resources/Conservation$70k · 5-yr
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric$70k · 5-yr
- History$66k · 5-yr
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$55k · 5-yr
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported
- Educationearnings not reported
- Foreign Languages and Literaturesearnings not reported
- Baltic Languages, Literatures, and Linguisticsearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Generalearnings not reported
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Otherearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Writingearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Biochemistryearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Philosophyearnings not reported
- Religion/Religious Studiesearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Geology/Earth Scienceearnings not reported
- Physicsearnings not reported
- Physical Sciences, Otherearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Public Policy Analysisearnings not reported
- Social Sciencesearnings not reported
- Anthropologyearnings not reported
- African Studiesearnings not reported
- International Relations and Affairsearnings not reported
- Political Science and Governmentearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Urban Studies/Affairsearnings not reported
- Danceearnings not reported
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Artsearnings not reported
- Art/Art Studiesearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- African-American/Black Studiesearnings not reported
- Architecture and Related Services, Otherearnings not reported