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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Smith College

Astronomy & Astrophysics at Smith College

If you are interested in studying astronomy & astrophysics, 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.

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

Smith Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Smith Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

Astronomy Student Demographics at Smith

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

Concentrations Within Astronomy & Astrophysics

If you plan to be a astronomy major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy 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
Natural Sciences Managers 4,040 $183,490
Physics Postsecondary Professors 550 $116,470
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 420 $137,740
Physicists 360 $150,170

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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