Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,694 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 21%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $31,829per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 82%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $79,26810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
All first-year students are required to take an interdisciplinary Scribner Seminar capped at 16 students during their first semester.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 21%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1340–1480Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 31–33Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Skidmore College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2024–25, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 21%2,503 admitted of 11,889 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 41%351 admitted of 848. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 9%79 admitted of 861 who stayed on the wait list (2,778 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1350–145023% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 31–3410% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 37%76% were in the top quarter. Based on the 16% whose school ranks.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Character and personal qualities
Important
- Class rank
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Considered
- Test scores
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Where you live
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Interview
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Skidmore College Common Data Set 2024–25. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $31,829full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $88,160sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $70,580Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 82%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 90%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $79,26810 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,251federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,694Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 15%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 15%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Yeshiva University New York, NY — admits 56%
- St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY — admits 66%
- Union College Schenectady, NY — admits 44%
- St Lawrence University Canton, NY — admits 54%
Also worth a look
- Colgate University Hamilton, NY — admits 14%
- Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY — admits 19%
- Barnard College New York, NY — admits 9%
- Middlebury College Middlebury, VT — admits 11%
- Babson College Wellesley, MA — admits 17%
- University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA — admits 22%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Skidmore College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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