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Physics at Smith College

Physics at Smith College

Every physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physics 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.

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

Smith Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Smith Physics Rankings

The physics major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physics. 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.

Physics Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Physics Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Smith since its program graduates 75% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics 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 physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Physics

If you plan to be a physics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Smith College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Physics 7

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics 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
Physics Postsecondary Professors 550 $116,470
Physicists 360 $150,170

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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