General Economics at Smith College

If you are interested in studying general economics, 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 has a total student population of 2,504. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in general economics from Smith.

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

Smith General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics

Smith General Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general economics programs across the country. The following shows how Smith performed in these rankings.

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 economics major at Smith is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Economics. 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
	91
	97
	111
	128
	147
	153
	199
	243
	381
	394

General Economics Student Demographics at Smith

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

Smith General Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general economics from Smith in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Smith since its program graduates 67% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general economics 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 economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Econometrics & Quantitative Economics

Careers That General Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general economics 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
Economists	1,150	$117,680
Economics Professors	870	$125,120
Survey Researchers	730	$64,950

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.