Germanic Languages at Smith College

Every Germanic languages school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the German 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. Of the 772 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 2021, 4 of them were Germanic languages majors.

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

Smith Germanic Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in German

Smith Germanic Languages Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the German 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 German major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Germanic Languages. 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 Germanic Languages Schools	58
Most Popular Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78
	91
	96

German Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

The German program at Smith awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its German 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 German.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• East Asian Languages
• Classical Languages & Literature
• Linguistics & Comparative Literature
• Romance Languages

Careers That German Grads May Go Into

A degree in German 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
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	1,580	$84,890

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.