General Education at Smith College

If you plan to study general 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 has a total student population of 2,504. In 2021, 20 general education majors received their bachelor's degree from Smith.

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

Smith General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education

Smith General Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Most Focused General Education Schools	252
Most Popular General Education Schools	276

General Education Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith General Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Education from Smith in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general 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 general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Careers That General Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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
Education Professors	1,890	$76,230

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.