Skidmore Facts
The Classroom

Student-Faculty Ratio: 9 to 1

Average Class Size: 17; more than 93% of classes have fewer than 30 students, and 1% have more than 50

Off-Campus Study: Skidmore runs programs in Paris, Madrid, Alcala, London, Beijing, and Shanghai, and provides support for an additional 140 approved program abroad, as well as 200 domestic options through National Student Exchange

Degrees: B.A., B.S., M.A. (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies)

Academic Departments: 43

Most Popular Majors: English, Government, Management and Business, Psychology, Studio Art

Courses Offered: More than 1,000

Skidmore Faculty
Of the 246 full-time Skidmore faculty members, 84% hold the highest degree in their fields. 55% are female, 45% male; 17% are people of color or international.

Skidmore’s faculty is deeply committed to working collaboratively with students. In 2011, 85 students worked intensively with 42 faculty members on nearly 60 summer-long research projects in a wide range of disciplines.

Faculty have received grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, G.E. Global Research, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Research Corporation, Bender Scientific Fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, Getty Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and more.

Faculty have won major awards including MacArthur, Guggenheim, Peabody, Pulitzer, and Emmy, as well as the Franklin and Marshall Fellowship and American Academy in Rome Fellowship.