Skidmore College
Private College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Six-year graduation rate 83%. Median 10-year earnings $69,363.
Ten-year median earnings of $69,363 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is a strength: 83% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $19,500 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 83% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.2% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Skidmore College admits just 21% of applicants, placing it among the most selective undergraduate institutions in the country. With 11,889 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. 27% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 23% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 680–750 | 155 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 660–730 | |
| ACT Composite | 31–33 | 66 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Skidmore College →Academics
A 83% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 90%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. 13% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 8:1 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 2,760 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $31,187 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $9,932 while those at $110k+ pay $45,136. 57% of students receive grant aid, averaging $52,323 — common but not automatic. About 33% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 734 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 | $9,932 |
| $30–48k | $11,454 |
| $48–75k | $15,855 |
| $75–110k | $22,438 |
| $110k+ | $45,136 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 917 of these 2,760 students, totalling $5,541,377 — an average of $6,043 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Saratoga 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)