Ethnic Studies at Smith College

If you are interested in studying ethnic studies, you may want to check out the program at Smith College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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, 26 of them were ethnic studies majors.

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

Smith Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Smith Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic 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 ethnic studies major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ethnic 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 Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
	95
	98
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools	109

Earnings of Smith Ethnic Studies Graduates

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Smith is $24,638. This is less than $29,213, which is the national average of all ethnic studies majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from Smith in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies at Smith are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Area Studies

Careers That Ethnic Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethnic 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
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
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.