Hobart William Smith Colleges

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Hobart William Smith Colleges

Hobart William Smith Colleges operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Geneva, New York (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,786 students of which 1,647 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Hobart William Smith Colleges is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 64.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,319 and an ACT midpoint of 29. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $31,563, with published in-state tuition of $65,117 and a Pell grant recipient share of 25.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 74.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 86.4%. Graduates earn a median of $68,831 ten years after enrolling, compared with $62,416 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 73500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 72.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.