Skidmore acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Skidmore admitted 2,917 of 12,273 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 23.8%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Skidmore counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Skidmore acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 12,273 | 2,917 | 23.8% | 692 | 23.7% |
| 2024-25 | 11,889 | 2,503 | 21.1% | 670 | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 12,144 | 2,784 | 22.9% | 738 | 26.5% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Skidmore
Skidmore waitlist
Skidmore SAT and ACT scores
What Skidmore says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Skidmore rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Volunteer work, Work experience
Skidmore testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional (Skidmore has been test-optional since 2016 and does not require SAT or ACT scores; superscores if submitted).
From Skidmore’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Skidmore notes that early decision applicants deferred to regular decision and later admitted are not in the C21 counts.
Skidmore acceptance rate questions
- What is the Skidmore acceptance rate?
- Skidmore's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 12,273 first-year applicants and 2,917 admitted, an acceptance rate of 23.8%. It was 21.1% in 2024-25 and 22.9% in 2023-24.
- What is the Skidmore early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 359 of 847 early decision applicants were admitted (42.4%), against 23.8% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Skidmore students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1360 to 1460, and ACT submitters scored 31 to 34. 25.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Skidmore waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Skidmore offered 2,360 applicants a place on the waitlist; 675 accepted one, and 35 were admitted from it.
- Does Skidmore require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional (Skidmore has been test-optional since 2016 and does not require SAT or ACT scores; superscores if submitted).
Applying to Skidmore?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Skidmore says it weighs.
Source: Skidmore Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Skidmore. All official acceptance rates