Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York · Private · 1,786 undergraduates · hws.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
67%
of 5,865 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1185 to 1380
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$94,590Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Hobart William Smith Colleges
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
67% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$94,590
a year in 2027-28, from a $94,590 sticker price
What to do with your 1320
Send your score
About 73% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1120, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: Standardized Testing Policy | Hobart and William Smith · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov15Early Action · November 15, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Nov15Early Decision · November 15, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Jan15Early Decision II · January 15, 2027A second binding round, after Early Decision.
- Feb1Regular Decision · February 1, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
67%
of applicants were admitted: 3,911 of 5,865 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/15, hear by 1/25.
Early Decision
Binding. 57% of early applicants were admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 23% of them sent SAT scores and 5.5% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1185 to 1380
Reading and Writing 600 to 710
Math 580 to 675
ACT composite 27 to 32
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160021%
- 1200 to 139953%
- 1000 to 119920%
- 800 to 9996.3%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.83
- 4.034%
- 3.75 to 3.9912%
- 3.50 to 3.7419%
- 3.25 to 3.4916%
- 3.00 to 3.2412%
- 2.50 to 2.997.1%
- Below 2.501.1%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$94,590
a year
- Tuition$70,860
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$14,938
- $30,001 to $48,000$15,053
- $48,001 to $75,000$22,863
- $75,001 to $110,000$27,688
- Over $110,000$39,021
Financial aid
90%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$53,392
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
32%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $42,030 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 11/15
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 2/1
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
31 of 31
Earn credit with a score of 3
None
You need a 4 or 5 for credit here.
A 3-credit course is worth
about $7,090Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 4 | 2 | |
| 3-D Art and Design | 4 | 2 | |
| Art History | 4 | 2 | 1 100-level Art History course credit and 1 general elective credit |
| Biology | 4 | 2 | BIOL 167 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 1 | Math 130 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 2 | Math 131 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 2 | |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 1 | CPSC 124 |
| Drawing | 4 | 2 | |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 2 | |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 2 | |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 1 | |
| European History | 4 | 2 | |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 2 | |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 2 | |
| Human Geography | 4 | 1 | |
| Latin | 4 | 2 | |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 1 | |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 1 | |
| Music Aural Subscore | 4 | 2 | |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 4 | 2 | |
| Music Theory | 4 | 2 | |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 1 | |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 1 | |
| Psychology | 4 | 1 | Psychology 100 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 2 | |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 2 | |
| Statistics | 4 | 1 | |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 2 | |
| United States History | 4 | 2 | |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 2 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
71%
Come back for a second year
86%
Typical earnings
$80,471
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Hobart William Smith Colleges$131,694
- All colleges$89,628
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 12 majors here have earnings data.
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