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#9 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#5 Best Value Schools
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#11 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#11 Most Innovative Schools
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#72 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#17 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
Smith College is ranked #11 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
88
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
20
Graduation and retention rank
30
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
88%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
93%
Social Mobility Rank
72
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
88%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
16
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
8
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
97.8%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
99%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
69.7%
Classes with 50 or more students
4%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
8:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
15
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
72%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
16
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
32
Average alumni giving rate
30.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
