Paul Smiths
College of Arts and Science
Private College in Paul Smiths, NY. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $46,145.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $46,145 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 50% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $22,750 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 2.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
77% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 929 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Only 19% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 50% finish inside six years. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 582 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,443 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $16,732 while those at $110k+ pay $32,048. Grant aid is widespread — 99% of students receive it, averaging $24,886. Borrowing is widespread: 72% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 135 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,732 |
| $30–48k | $17,877 |
| $48–75k | $23,253 |
| $75–110k | $29,288 |
| $110k+ | $32,048 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 421 of these 582 students, totalling $2,548,705 — an average of $6,054 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Franklin County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)