Computer Science at Smith College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Smith College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and approximately 2,504 students attend the school each year. Of the 34 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 2021, 34 of them were computer science majors.

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

Smith Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Smith Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science 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 computer science major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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
	78
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Best General Computer Science Schools	90
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
	111
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	170
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	235
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	290
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	374

Computer Science Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Smith. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Smith since its program graduates 77% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Software Applications Developers	29,110	$109,130
Systems Software Developers	25,540	$117,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Computer Programmers	4,420	$95,380

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

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