Financial Aid

Applicants & Prospective Students

Important Information

The Student Financial Services Call Center will be open to take your calls Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–noon and 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (Eastern).

Investing In Your Dreams Is Our Top Priority

Smith College welcomes and supports qualified students from all economic backgrounds. As part of the college’s commitment to access, affordability and equity, Smith has eliminated loans from its undergraduate financial aid packages for those students receiving institutional need-based aid, replacing those funds with institutional grants. The college will meet the full documented need, as determined by college policy, of all admitted students who apply for aid by the published deadlines.

Smith is also proud to partner with QuestBridge, a platform that connects students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher education.

Eligibility

Part-time Ada Comstock Scholars enrolled in fewer than 8 credits per semester are not eligible for institutional aid.

Please visit our Net Price Calculator to give you an early indication of the type of financial aid for which you may qualify.

Do not wait until you have been accepted to Smith to apply for aid. If you may need institutional financial assistance during your tenure at Smith, apply for aid by the financial aid deadlines.

Ada Comstock Scholars who do not apply for financial aid by the published financial aid deadlines will be required to complete 32 credits at Smith before you are eligible to apply for institutional financial aid. This means that you would be eligible to receive only federal, state, and outside aid; no Smith Grant aid would be available until these credits are completed at Smith.

International Students

International Ada Comstock Scholars who do not apply for aid prior to admission are not eligible to receive institutional aid at any time.

Financial aid for Ada Comstock Scholars is need-based and is based on the premise that students pay for the cost of education to the extent that they are able, as calculated by a national formula and institutional policy, and that financial aid serves to supplement this effort.

The fees of undergraduate institutions attended by siblings of traditional students or children of Ada Comstock Scholars are considered in our aid calculations. The enrollment status of each person is verified in the fall. A change in institution or enrollment status may affect your grant aid. For future planning, contact us for the allowance amount used this year.