Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 1,751 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 72%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $28,053per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 72%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $59,62310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Springfield College is known as the Birthplace of Basketball, where graduate student James Naismith invented the game in 1891.
Source: Fast Facts | Springfield College
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 72%About 7 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%)
- 1080–1330Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 27–29Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. 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
- $28,053full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $62,210sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $46,700Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 72%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 81%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $59,62310 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,751Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 25%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 31%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Curry College Milton, MA — admits 88%
- Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA — admits 91%
- Bethel University Saint Paul, MN — admits 88%
- The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN — admits 93%
Also worth a look
- Emmanuel College Boston, MA — admits 76%
- Assumption University Worcester, MA — admits 83%
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA — admits 68%
- Simmons University Boston, MA — admits 70%
- Gordon College Wenham, MA — admits 69%
- Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA — admits 73%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Springfield 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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