Chemistry at Smith College

If you plan to study chemistry, 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 has a total student population of 2,504. In 2021, 21 chemistry majors received their bachelor's degree from Smith.

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

Smith Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Smith Chemistry Rankings

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

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 chemistry major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	92
Best Value Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	228
Best Value Chemistry Schools	234
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	262

Earnings of Smith Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Smith is $38,143. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 chemistry students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Smith, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chemistry 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 chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Physics
• Geological & Earth Sciences

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Chemists	2,890	$94,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Chemistry Professors	870	$104,780

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.