Enrollment Trends at Smith

The student population at Smith College is 2,857 (2,549 undergraduate and 308 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 17 (0.59%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Smith is 89.22% which is increased by 71 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 88 and it has been decreasing.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Smith College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,847 where 2,857 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,924 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,504 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,874 to 2,857 students, a net loss of 17 (0.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Smith College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,874	2,478	1	2,477	396	64	332
2016-17	2,896 22	2,514 36	2 1	2,512 35	382 -14	59 -5	323 -9
2017-18	2,918 22	2,521 7	1 -1	2,520 8	397 15	56 -3	341 18
2018-19	2,903 -15	2,502 -19	0 -1	2,502 -18	401 4	57 1	344 3
2019-20	2,894 -9	2,531 29	1 1	2,530 28	363 -38	62 5	301 -43
2020-21	2,504 -390	2,183 -348	1	2,182 -348	321 -42	53 -9	268 -33
2021-22	2,924 420	2,566 383	2 1	2,564 382	358 37	58 5	300 32
2022-23	2,873 -51	2,523 -43	1 -1	2,522 -42	350 -8	51 -7	299 -1
2023-24	2,830 -43	2,506 -17	5 4	2,501 -21	324 -26	52 1	272 -27
2024-25	2,857 27	2,549 43	2 -3	2,547 46	308 -16	41 -11	267 -5
Average	2,847	2,487	2	2,486	360	55	305

Smith College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,487 where 2,549 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Smith College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,478	2,460	1	2,459	18	0	18
2016-17	2,514	2,503	2	2,501	11	0	11
2017-18	2,521	2,505	1	2,504	16	0	16
2018-19	2,502	2,490	0	2,490	12	0	12
2019-20	2,531	2,519	1	2,518	12	0	12
2020-21	2,183	2,160	0	2,160	23	1	22
2021-22	2,566	2,554	1	2,553	12	1	11
2022-23	2,523	2,518	1	2,517	5	0	5
2023-24	2,506	2,497	5	2,492	9	0	9
2024-25	2,549	2,542	2	2,540	7	0	7
Average	2,487	2,487	1	2,473	2,487	0	12

Smith College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 360 where 308 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Smith College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	396	315	48	267	81	16	65
2016-17	382	306	42	264	76	17	59
2017-18	397	373	50	323	24	6	18
2018-19	401	378	53	325	23	4	19
2019-20	363	344	57	287	19	5	14
2020-21	321	300	47	253	21	6	15
2021-22	358	341	52	289	17	6	11
2022-23	350	317	42	275	33	9	24
2023-24	324	286	44	242	38	8	30
2024-25	308	277	38	239	31	3	28
Average	360	360	47	276	360	8	28

Smith College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.26%. The percentage was 46.80% 10 years ago and Smith still has a high percentage of white students. 8.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.97% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 46.80% to 52.26%. Asian enrollment declined from 10.75% to 8.75%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.39% to 4.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.09% to 11.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6984 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7542 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Smith College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	6	309	155	290	3	1,345	132
2016-17	6	312	179	280	5	1,362	133
2017-18	6	302	194	293	3	1,444	118
2018-19	5	252	200	318	2	1,447	132
2019-20	3	264	189	325	2	1,474	133
2020-21	5	237	171	321	4	1,222	124
2021-22	2	268	162	361	3	1,488	159
2022-23	2	264	158	336	4	1,503	157
2023-24	1	265	146	339	3	1,525	168
2024-25	1	250	142	341	3	1,493	183
Average	4	272	170	320	3	1,430	144

Smith College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Smith

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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