Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York · Also known as HWS · Website
$68,831
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$68,831
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Hobart William Smith Colleges is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Geneva, New York with 1,786 undergraduates and 47 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $31,563 a year (tuition and fees $65,117). It admits 64% of applicants and 77% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $68,831 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$31,563
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$65,117
US median $11,837
Admission rate
64%
US median 78%
Completion rate
77%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$68,831
Rank 407 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $31,563
- Tuition and fees
- $65,117
- Cost of attendance
- $82,602
- Students with a need-based grant
- 25%
- Students with federal loans
- 74%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $14,650
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $12,639
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $22,108
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $23,149
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $39,740
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $49,677 in 2015-16 to $65,117 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 64%
- Average SAT
- 1,319
- SAT reading, middle
- 635
- SAT math, middle
- 635
- ACT, middle
- 29
- Undergraduates
- 1,786
- Graduate students
- 47
- Part-time students
- 0.6%
- Women
- 54%
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Completion rate
- 77%
- Retention rate
- 86%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 42
- Endowment
- $184.2M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 407 of 5,094 US colleges and 58 of 299 in New York (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | NY median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $31,563 | $17,682 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $65,117 | $13,810 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 64% | 73% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 77% | 64% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 86% | 79% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $15,250 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $62,416 | $38,937 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $68,831 | $47,733 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 80% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 84% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
42 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 51 | $26,967 | $61,946 | $111,833 | $82,686 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 40 | $27,000 | $38,117 | $59,317 | $50,706 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's | Bachelor's | 36 | $27,000 | $43,671 | $61,905 | $55,012 |
| Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 34 | $26,500 | $50,750 | $73,650 | $56,359 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 29 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Architecture and Related Services, OtherBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | $22,623 | $29,900 | $68,341 | $62,161 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,000 | $33,163 | $62,737 | $57,214 |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 22 | $27,000 | $30,710 | $60,616 | $50,680 |
| Area StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | $24,000 | $39,939 | $60,381 | $56,625 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | $27,000 | $35,381 | $79,778 | $63,293 |
| International Relations and National Security StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | $26,000 | $40,648 | $77,977 | $66,596 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | $68,522 | $48,471 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | $27,000 | $72,158 | $103,822 | $92,374 |
| Education, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | $27,000 | Withheld | Withheld | $49,808 |
| PhilosophyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | $27,000 | Withheld | $40,284 | $54,455 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $60,190 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | $27,000 | Withheld | $55,440 | $48,590 |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,120 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,000 |
| SociologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | $26,500 | $20,228 | $67,556 | $52,657 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,367 |
| DanceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $39,980 |
| Special Education and TeachingMaster's | Master's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $64,397 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,466 |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $69,562 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Geneva and New York on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
How much does Hobart William Smith Colleges cost?
$31,563 a year is the average net price at Hobart William Smith Colleges after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $65,117, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $82,602. Families earning under $30,000 pay $14,650 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Hobart William Smith Colleges?
64% of applicants are admitted to Hobart William Smith Colleges. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,319 and the middle ACT score is 29. The median admission rate of colleges in New York is 73%.
How much do Hobart William Smith Colleges graduates earn?
$68,831 a year is the median pay of former Hobart William Smith Colleges students who work, 10 years after they started ($62,416 after 6 years). That ranks 407 of 5,094 US colleges and 58 of 299 in New York. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's) at $72,158.
How much student debt do Hobart William Smith Colleges graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Hobart William Smith Colleges graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 74% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Hobart William Smith Colleges?
77% of first-time, full-time students at Hobart William Smith Colleges finish within 6 years. 86% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Hobart William Smith Colleges?
Economics (51 bachelor's graduates), Psychology, General (40 bachelor's graduates), Natural Resources Conservation and Research (36 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 42 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.