Anthropology at Smith College

If you plan to study anthropology, 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. Of the 772 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 2021, 13 of them were anthropology majors.

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

Smith Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Smith Anthropology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology 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 anthropology major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. 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 Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
	182
	185
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	205
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	251

Anthropology Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at Smith awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Smith are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	220	$96,160
Anthropologists and Archeologists	30	$91,140

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.