Child Development & Psychology at Smith College

Every child development and psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Smith College stacks up to those at other schools.

Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and approximately 2,504 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 57 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Smith.

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

Smith Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Smith Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Child Development & 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 Child Development & Psychology Schools	32
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	63
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
	177
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	198

Earnings of Smith Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Smith is $29,006. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Smith, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

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 child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Child Development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development 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

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.