Computer Science at Smith College

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at Smith College stacks up to those at other schools.

Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,504. In 2021, 34 compsci majors received their bachelor's degree from Smith.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Smith Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

Smith Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at Smith compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Science Schools	170
Best Value Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302
Best Value Computer Science Schools	374

How Much Do CompSci Graduates from Smith Make?

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Smith is $76,588. This is 21% higher than $63,247, which is the national average for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at Smith

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Smith College.

Smith Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in compsci from Smith. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Smith since its program graduates 77% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Smith College with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Smith also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Smith College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Programmers	4,420	$95,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Redjar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.