Skidmore Facts

Creative Thought Matters
"Creative thought matters is Skidmore's slogan, and students echo it frequently enough to convince us that it's more than your standard college hype."
     -- Princeton Review

Founded:1903, became a four-year liberal arts college in 1922

Location:Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Academic Program: Four-year, private, nondenominational, coed, liberal arts

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

Academic Departments: 43

Top Majors: Business, English, Art, Psychology, Government

Courses Offered: More than 1,000

Academic Calendar: Spring and Fall Semesters, optional Summer Terms

Selectivity: Highly competitive; admission offered to an average of 40% of applicants; an average of 38% enroll as Early Decision; median SAT scores average 1300; median ACT scores 29-30.

Retention (1st to 2nd year): 91%

Graduation Rate: 81% (4 years), 84% (6 years)

Endowment: As of May 31, 2011, Skidmore's endowment was $301.3 million.

Budget: The 2011-12 operating budget is $129.8 million.

Leadership
Philip A. Glotzbach, a philosopher and spokesperson on issues of higher education, has served as Skidmore College's seventh president since 2003. His current priorities, as outlined in the College’s Strategic Plan, include ensuring a foundation of intercultural literacy and responsible citizenship, strengthening the sciences, and leveraging the Skidmore education to the fullest extent for a successful transition to the world beyond college. President Glotzbach came to Skidmore following 11 years at California’s University of Redlands, where he served as vice president for academic affairs and earlier as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Before that, he taught philosophy at Denison University for 15 years.


Support
12,622 alumni, parents, and friends made gifts to Skidmore totaling $27 million during the 2010–11 fiscal year.

Annual Fund gifts go immediately to direct support of learning in labs, classrooms, studios, and beyond; endowed gifts strengthen the College in perpetuity while generating funds for student aid, facilities, and other needs.

Of Skidmore’s 29,655 alumni, 33% made a donation in 2010–11.

More than 1,000 donors joined the Friends of the Presidents Society in 2010–11, contributing over 90% of Skidmore’s total dollars raised.

During 2010–11 Skidmore’s programming was enhanced by major awards from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New World Foundation, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Davis United World College Scholars Program, Andy Warhol Foundation, Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation, and George I. Alden Trust.