Smith College
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| Motto | Ἐν τῇ ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν (Greek) |
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Motto in English
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In Virtue [One Gains] Knowledge |
| Type |
Private liberal arts college Women's college |
| Established | 1871 (opened 1875) |
| Endowment | $1.627 billion (2016) |
| President | Kathleen McCartney |
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Academic staff
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285 |
| Students | 2,874 (Fall 2015) |
| Undergraduates | 2,478 (Fall 2015) |
| Postgraduates | 396 (Fall 2015) |
| Location |
Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. 42°19′05″N 72°38′17″W / 42.318119°N 72.638139°WCoordinates: 42°19′05″N 72°38′17″W / 42.318119°N 72.638139°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue with gold trim |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – NEWMAC |
| Nickname | Pioneers |
| Affiliations |
NAICU Five Colleges Seven Sisters Annapolis Group Oberlin Group CLAC |
| Website | smith.edu |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 54 |
| Liberal arts colleges | |
| U.S. News & World Report | 12 |
| Washington Monthly | 39 |
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college with coed graduate and certificate programs, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters. In its 2017 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked it tied for 12th among the best National Liberal Arts Colleges. Smith is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows its students to attend classes at four other Pioneer Valley institutions: Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The college was chartered in 1871-1891 by a bequest of Sophia Smith and opened its doors in 1875 with 14 students and six faculty. When she inherited a fortune from her father at age 65, Smith decided that leaving her inheritance to found a women's college was the best way for her to fulfill the moral obligation she expressed in her will: "I hereby make the following provisions for the establishment and maintenance of an Institution for the higher education of young women, with the design to furnish for my own sex means and facilities for education equal to those which are afforded now in our colleges to young men." By 1915–16 the student enrollment was 1,724 and the faculty numbered 163. Today, with some 2,600 undergraduates on campus, and 250 students studying elsewhere, Smith is the largest privately endowed college for women in the country.
The United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, was training grounds for junior officers of the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Naval Reserve (WAVES) and was nicknamed "USS Northampton." On August 28, 1942, a total of 120 women reported to the school for training.
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