Which Smith College major has the lowest debt?

Environmental Science and Conservation graduates leave with a median of $18,820 in federal loans, the lowest among 16 Smith College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Smith College cost?

Tuition and fees are $65,178 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $27,579 a year.

How many Smith College programs report graduate pay?

17 bachelor's programs at Smith College report first-year pay, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

Smith College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Northampton, MA
2,544 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

17 Smith College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($71,559), and Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies the least ($19,105). The median program pays $35,252.

Tuition and fees$65,178Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$27,579Per year

Graduation rate89%Within 6 years

Admission rate21%Of applicants

All 17 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	EconomicsAbout 45 graduates a year	$71,559	$74,557	$19,000	7th of 21
2	StatisticsAbout 3 graduates a year	$69,250	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
3	Computer ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year	$66,981	Not reported	$19,000	17th of 20
4	EngineeringAbout 5 graduates a year	$53,571	$90,266	$19,000	3rd of 3
5	Experimental PsychologyAbout 80 graduates a year	$43,717	$62,558	$19,000	3rd of 10
6	Political ScienceAbout 60 graduates a year	$42,327	$63,650	$19,000	16th of 29
7	NeuroscienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$36,727	Not reported	$19,000	9th of 10
8	Romance LanguagesAbout 32 graduates a year	$35,407	$52,652	$19,000	8th of 9
9	SociologyAbout 29 graduates a year	$35,252	$48,634	$19,000	14th of 20
10	EducationAbout 28 graduates a year	$33,737	$53,517	$19,000	3rd of 6
11	BiologyAbout 45 graduates a year	$32,747	$48,329	$19,000	31st of 32
12	Area StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year	$29,878	$51,070	$19,000	6th of 6
13	HistoryAbout 20 graduates a year	$26,131	$58,527	$19,000	18th of 20
14	EnglishAbout 45 graduates a year	$25,023	$53,422	$19,000	24th of 28
15	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 21 graduates a year	$21,648	$42,367	$18,820	16th of 16
16	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 32 graduates a year	$20,171	$38,376	$19,000	12th of 16
17	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 39 graduates a year	$19,105	$49,924	$19,000	5th of 5

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Economics$71,559
Statistics$69,250
Computer Science$66,981
Engineering$53,571
Experimental Psychology$43,717

Lowest median debt

Environmental Science and Conservation$18,820
Economics$19,000
Computer Science$19,000
Engineering$19,000
Experimental Psychology$19,000

Largest programs

Experimental PsychologyAbout 80 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 60 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 45 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 45 graduates a year
EnglishAbout 45 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $71,559 in their first year, the most of 17 Smith College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels