Geological & Earth Sciences at Smith College

If you are interested in studying geological and earth sciences, 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 has a total student population of 2,504. In 2021, 17 geology majors received their bachelor's degree from Smith.

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

Smith Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology

Smith Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

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

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 geology major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geological & Earth Sciences. 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 Geological & Earth Sciences Schools	33
	67
	68
Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Schools	149

Geology Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The geology program at Smith awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geology at Smith are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its geology 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 geology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Geology Grads May Go Into

A degree in geology 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
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Chemistry Professors	870	$104,780
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	420	$137,740
Geoscientists	400	$87,650
Hydrologists	100	$73,640

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.