Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $68,831 ten years after enrolling, more than at 82% of colleges; 74% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.0 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$27K
According to Hobart William Smith Colleges's most recent Common Data Set, 72% of its Class of 2022 graduates (509 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $37,668 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
75 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 13 more are enrolled at another college. (613 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
68 of 100 finish within 4 years, 74 within 6, and 75 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 68% | 74% | 75% |
| Started in college here | 67% | 73% | 74% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 78%, 1 point above students with no need-based federal aid (77%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients127 students
78% · 1 point above students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant166 students
77% · the same as students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan318 students
77% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White421 students
78% · the same as all students
- Asian21 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Hispanic/Latino51 students
73% · 5 points below all students
- Black36 students
69% · 8 points below all students
- Two or more races24 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- International30 students
77% · 1 point below all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native2 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Hobart William Smith Colleges. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Hobart William Smith Colleges Common Data Set 2022–23, Class of 2022About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)