Sociology at Smith College

If you plan to study sociology, 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 approximately 2,504 students attend the school each year. Of the 772 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 2021, 28 of them were sociology majors.

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

Smith Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Smith Sociology Rankings

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

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 sociology major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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
	555
	564
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	588
Best Value Sociology Schools	602

Earnings of Smith Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Smith is $22,673. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology students.

Sociology Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at Smith awarded 28 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Sociology Professors	730	$85,270
Sociologists	120	$111,020

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.