Area Studies at Smith College

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

Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and approximately 2,504 students attend the school each year. Of the 772 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 2021, 34 of them were area studies majors.

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

Smith Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Smith Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how Smith performed in these rankings.

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 area studies major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area Studies. 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 Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Area Studies Schools	44
	58

How Much Do Area Studies Graduates from Smith Make?

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Smith is $30,077. This is less than $30,421, which is the national average of all area studies majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area studies 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 area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area studies 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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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.