Founded:
1903, became a four-year
liberal arts college in 1922
Location:
Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a cos-
mopolitan city of 30,000 in the Capital
District region, three hours’ drive from
New York City, Boston, and Montreal
Campus:
1,000 acres
Program:
four-year private, nondenomi-
national, coeducational, liberal arts
Degrees:
B.A., B.S.
Enrollment:
2,500 from 45 states
and 62 countries
Student Body:
40% men, 60% women;
22% domestic students of color, 11%
international students, 13% first-gener-
ation college students
Admission:
Last year, Skidmore
received nearly 9,200 applications for a
first-year class targeted at about 680
(including 36 students spending their
first semester in London); 29% were of-
fered admission; 40–50% have enrolled
Early Decision in recent years.
Retention Rate:
(fall to fall) 95%
Calendar:
fall and spring semesters,
followed by two optional five-week
summer sessions, internships, and
collaborative research opportunities
Faculty:
277 full-time (304 FTE), 87%
with doctoral or highest degree in their
field; national and international
recognitions include Guggenheim,
MacArthur, Pulitzer, and Emmy awards
and major fellowships and grants from
Fulbright, Getty, NEH, NIH, NSF, and
the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Student-Faculty Ratio:
8 to 1
Class Size:
average is 16; 94% fewer
than 30; 1% more than 50.
Courses Offered:
more than 1,000
Academic and Career Exploration:
•
Faculty-student collaborative research:
Annually, nearly 500 students (20%
of the student body) engage in re-
search with a faculty mentor, includ-
ing more than 80 in the Summer
Student-Faculty Research Program.
•
Internships:
Annually, 150 students
land credit-bearing internships or
practicums, more than half of which
are funded by Skidmore; 65% of
students participate in an internship
during their Skidmore career.
•
Applied Civic Engagement Courses:
Nearly 70% of students take at least
one such course while at Skidmore.
•
Off-campus study:
130 programs in
more than 40 countries. With more
than 60% of students studying
abroad at some point during their
college years, Skidmore was recently
ranked in the top five on the list of
top 40 baccalaureate institutions for
the number of students studying
abroad for a semester.
•
Periclean Honors Forum:
250
students are members of this
enhanced intellectual community
that sponsors the annual
Academic Festival.
•
Independents, capstones, and
theses:
Skidmore students complet-
ing a culminating project in their
major—52% senior capstone, 25%
independent study, and 22% senior
thesis or advanced research project.
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