Northampton, Massachusetts · Private Non-Profit
Astronomy and Astrophysics at Smith College
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 24 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.9%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~24
- Schools with reported signal
- 119
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 21%
- Graduation rate
- 89.1%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $27,579/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $110,316
- Median debt
- $17,550
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $64,027/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- C
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 119 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 2.4x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($5,851 above), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($7,783 below). That combination produces a C value grade and a top 83% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Hartnell College Salinas, CA · 0.1% reported share · $2,039 net A+ Santiago Canyon College Orange, CA · 0.0% reported share · $2,129 net A+ 
Princeton University Princeton, NJ · 1.3% reported share · $6,128 net A+ Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA · 0.0% reported share · $4,152 net A+ University of Florida Gainesville, FL · 0.2% reported share · $6,541 net A+ Solano Community College Fairfield, CA · 0.1% reported share · $4,669 net A+ 
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · 4.3% reported share · $16,075 net A+ 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · 0.1% reported share · $20,111 net A+ Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Astronomy and Astrophysics accounts for 1% of reported programs at Smith College, which is bigger than 87% of schools in this field set and 2.4x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 24 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Smith College's average net price is $27,579 per year, about $110,316 over four years. That is $5,851 above the $21,728 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $64,027 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $7,783 below the $71,810 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Smith College #99 of 119 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.