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Skidmore College

Skidmore College is a private campus in suburban Saratoga Springs, NY. International students are a visible presence at Skidmore College — 7.4% of its 2,694 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$20,906

family income
under $30k

$15,994

$30–48k

$17,308

$48–75k

$25,470

$75–110k

$46,513

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$32,2972023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Skidmore College rose from $26,083 (2008) to $32,297 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$26,083
2009	$26,729
2010	$26,923
2011	$27,736
2012	$25,448
2013	$27,173
2014	$25,413
2015	$29,042
2016	$27,410
2017	$27,433
2018	$27,197
2019	$28,570
2020	$31,730
2021	$34,165
2022	$34,581
2023	$32,297

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$85,2702024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Skidmore College rose from $51,501 (2009) to $85,270 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$51,501
2010	$54,000
2011	$54,970
2012	$56,500
2013	$58,562
2014	$60,900
2015	$62,750
2016	$64,850
2017	$67,000
2018	$69,450
2019	$71,730
2020	$74,140
2021	$75,141
2022	$79,250
2023	$81,890
2024	$85,270

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$25,459
2001	$26,676
2002	$27,980
2003	$29,630
2004	$31,108
2005	$32,659
2006	$34,694
2007	$36,860
2008	$38,888
2013	$45,874
2014	$47,464
2015	$49,120
2016	$50,834
2017	$52,596
2018	$54,420
2019	$56,322
2020	$58,278
2021	$60,302
2022	$62,398
2023	$65,030

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Skidmore College reports published tuition of $67,290 in this record. Skidmore College's $67,290 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Skidmore College reports 2,694 undergraduate students. Enrollment is a headcount, not a measure of teaching access.

82.6% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Skidmore College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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82.6%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Skidmore College rose from 71.9% (entered 1991) to 82.6% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	71.9%
1992 cohort	73.8%
1993 cohort	75%
1994 cohort	74.9%
1995 cohort	77.2%
1996 cohort	74.8%
1997 cohort	79.5%
1998 cohort	84.9%
1999 cohort	77.9%
2000 cohort	80.5%
2001 cohort	81.6%
2002 cohort	80.8%
2003 cohort	85.2%
2004 cohort	84.3%
2005 cohort	84.4%
2006 cohort	87.9%
2007 cohort	85.9%
2008 cohort	86.8%
2009 cohort	86%
2010 cohort	89.1%
2011 cohort	87%
2012 cohort	86.2%
2013 cohort	88.5%
2014 cohort	86.2%
2015 cohort	83.6%
2016 cohort	84.2%
2017 cohort	81.7%
2018 cohort	82.6%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$15,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,050	$6,100
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$15,600	$6,100
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$14,521	$5,369
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$14,500	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$14,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$14,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,500	$5,894
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$15,125	$13,125
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	—	$14,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	—	$14,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,076	$15,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$17,592	$15,000
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$21,000	$15,000
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$21,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$20,000	$8,933
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$19,500	$7,350
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$19,500	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$19,500	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$21,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,425	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$19,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$19,500	$6,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$46,923

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$59,421

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$69,363

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Skidmore College admitted 2,503 of 11,889 applicants in Fall 2024. The 21.1% rate describes that application pool.

21.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $65,030 tuition · 2023–24 2,694 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1340–14801600

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Admissions

Skidmore College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Skidmore College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 680–750 and Math was 660–730 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1340–1480 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	680	710	750
SAT Math	660	680	730
ACT Composite	31	32	33

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Skidmore College received 11,889 applications and admitted 2,503 (21.1%), with 666 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

21.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

The share admitted at Skidmore College declined from 42.3% to 21.1%; this does not establish why. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	42.3%
Fall 2002	46.2%
Fall 2003	46.2%
Fall 2004	46.2%
Fall 2005	47.6%
Fall 2006	43.6%
Fall 2007	38.8%
Fall 2008	29.8%
Fall 2009	42.3%
Fall 2010	46.8%
Fall 2011	42.1%
Fall 2012	41.9%
Fall 2013	35%
Fall 2014	37.3%
Fall 2015	36.5%
Fall 2016	29.1%
Fall 2017	24.5%
Fall 2018	26.9%
Fall 2019	30%
Fall 2020	32.2%
Fall 2021	30.6%
Fall 2022	25.5%
Fall 2023	22.9%
Fall 2024	21.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1340–1480Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1150	1320
Fall 2002	1160	1330
Fall 2003	1170	1340
Fall 2004	1170	1340
Fall 2005	1160	1340
Fall 2006	1160	1330
Fall 2007	1160	1350
Fall 2008	1170	1350
Fall 2009	1150	1350
Fall 2010	1140	1340
Fall 2011	1150	1350
Fall 2012	1120	1340
Fall 2013	1130	1350
Fall 2014	1130	1350
Fall 2015	1110	1343
Fall 2016	1120	1330
Fall 2017	1205	1400
Fall 2018	1223	1400
Fall 2019	1220	1400
Fall 2020	1220	1403
Fall 2021	1270	1440
Fall 2022	1300	1460
Fall 2023	1300	1460
Fall 2024	1340	1480

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

31–33Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	24	28
Fall 2002	25	28
Fall 2004	25	29
Fall 2005	26	29
Fall 2006	25	28
Fall 2007	25	29
Fall 2008	26	29
Fall 2009	26	30
Fall 2010	26	30
Fall 2011	26	30
Fall 2012	26	30
Fall 2013	26	30
Fall 2014	25	30
Fall 2015	26	30
Fall 2016	26	30
Fall 2017	27	31
Fall 2018	27	31
Fall 2019	28	32
Fall 2020	27	31
Fall 2021	29	33
Fall 2022	30	33
Fall 2023	30	33
Fall 2024	31	33

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,694Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Skidmore College has held near 2,694 from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	2,465
Fall 2003	2,497
Fall 2004	2,609
Fall 2005	2,727
Fall 2006	2,726
Fall 2007	2,771
Fall 2008	2,678
Fall 2009	2,630
Fall 2010	2,703
Fall 2011	2,655
Fall 2012	2,631
Fall 2013	2,646
Fall 2014	2,612
Fall 2015	2,619
Fall 2016	2,661
Fall 2017	2,659
Fall 2018	2,598
Fall 2019	2,649
Fall 2020	2,574
Fall 2021	2,676
Fall 2022	2,744
Fall 2023	2,760
Fall 2024	2,694

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

90%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Skidmore College has held near 90% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	90%
Fall 2003 cohort	94%
Fall 2004 cohort	92%
Fall 2005 cohort	92%
Fall 2006 cohort	94%
Fall 2007 cohort	93%
Fall 2008 cohort	95%
Fall 2009 cohort	94%
Fall 2010 cohort	95%
Fall 2011 cohort	92%
Fall 2012 cohort	93%
Fall 2013 cohort	95%
Fall 2014 cohort	94%
Fall 2015 cohort	91%
Fall 2016 cohort	93%
Fall 2017 cohort	91%
Fall 2018 cohort	91%
Fall 2019 cohort	88%
Fall 2020 cohort	90%
Fall 2021 cohort	88%
Fall 2022 cohort	89%
Fall 2023 cohort	90%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Skidmore College

Faculty pay at Skidmore College averages $136,836 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Skidmore College as a primarily residential campus of 2,694 undergraduates — and 89.6% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Skidmore College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1340–1480 — their midpoint is above the NY four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Skidmore College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Skidmore College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Skidmore College21.1%

New York median70.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Skidmore College$67,290

New York median$17,408

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Skidmore College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Skidmore College$69,363

New York median$60,236

National median$53,781

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Skidmore College, New York and national reference values
Metric & basis	Skidmore College	New York median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	21.1%	70.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$67,290	$17,408	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$69,363	$60,236	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Skidmore College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Skidmore College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 11 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$104,708
Business/Commerce, General	$93,229
Political Science and Government	$69,091
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	$67,645
Social Work	$61,428
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$56,595
Fine and Studio Arts	$53,602
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$51,512
English Language and Literature, General	$51,029
Psychology, General	$47,282
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$40,351

These 11 fields listed for Skidmore College measure earnings after completion. The $69,363 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 24 additional Skidmore College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Skidmore College report?

Skidmore College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1340–1480 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Skidmore College's acceptance rate?

21.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 2,503 admitted from 11,889 applicants.

How much does Skidmore College cost?

At Skidmore College, tuition is $67,290. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Skidmore College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $69,363. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

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Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.