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#60 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#86 Best Value Schools
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#72 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#148 Top Performers on Social Mobility
Hobart and William Smith Colleges is ranked #72 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
64
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
100
Graduation and retention rank
68
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
79%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
86%
Social Mobility Rank
148
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
77%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
78%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
79%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
89
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
57
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
97%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
97%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
63.5%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
10:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
105
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
34%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
71
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
65
Average alumni giving rate
23.4%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
