Psychology at Smith College

If you are interested in studying psychology, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Smith.

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

Smith Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Smith Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology 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 psychology major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	460
Best Psychology Schools	614
Best Value Psychology Schools	1,081

Psychology Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Smith. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	20
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Smith College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	57

Related Majors

• Education
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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.