Skidmore College Description:
Admissions Data (2011):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 42%
- What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 570 / 680
- SAT Math: 580 / 670
- SAT Writing: 580 / 680
- ACT Composite: 26 / 30
- ACT English: 27 / 32
- ACT Math: 26 / 29
- ACT Writing: 8 / 9
Enrollment (2010):
- Total Enrollment: 2,783 (2,734 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 38% Male / 62% Female
- 98% Full-time
Costs (2011 - 12):
- Tuition and Fees: $42,380
- Books: $1,300 (why so much?)
- Room and Board: $11,304
- Other Expenses: $1,516
- Total Cost: $56,500
Skidmore College Financial Aid (2009 - 10):
- Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 47%
- Skidmore CollegeScholarships (Cappex.com)
- Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 44%
- Loans: 39%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $29,386
- Loans: $5,021
Most Popular Majors:
Graduation and Retention Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 94%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 80%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 84%
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Skidmore College Mission Statement:
"The principal mission of Skidmore College is the education of predominantly full-time undergraduates, a diverse population of talented students who are eager to engage actively in the learning process. The college seeks to prepare liberally educated graduates to continue their quest for knowledge and to make the choices required of informed, responsible citizens. Skidmore faculty and staff create a challenging yet supportive environment that cultivates students' intellectual and personal excellence, encouraging them to expand their expectations of themselves while they enrich their academic understanding.
In keeping with the college's founding principle of linking theoretical with applied learning, the Skidmore curriculum balances a commitment to the liberal arts and sciences with preparation for professions, careers, and community leadership. Education in the classroom, laboratory, and studio is enhanced by cocurricular and field experience opportunities of broad scope.
Underpinning the entire enterprise are faculty members' scholarly and creative interests, which inform their teaching and contribute, in the largest sense, to the advancement of learning.
The college also embraces its responsibility as an educational and cultural resource for alumni and for a host of nontraditional student populations, and for providing educational leadership in the Capital District and beyond."
