Education at Smith College

If you plan to study education, 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.

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

Smith Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Smith Education Rankings

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

Education Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Smith Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of education master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in education each year. Smith does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Smith, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at Smith College. 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
General Education	20
Teacher Education Grade Specific	9

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Teacher Assistants	38,770	$35,680
Elementary School Teachers	30,380	$82,600
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Middle School Teachers	16,910	$79,030
Preschool Teachers	16,360	$39,180

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.