Engineering at Smith College

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Smith College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and approximately 2,504 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 47 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Smith.

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

Smith Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Smith Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 Engineering Schools	314
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	344
Most Popular Engineering Schools	387

Engineering Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from Smith. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Smith since its program graduates 75% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Smith College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Smith College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Engineering Science	36
General Engineering	11

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Industrial Engineers	10,720	$102,210
Mechanical Engineers	9,130	$98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250

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.