by our College Data Analytics Team
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Wellesley College was awarded 464 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is women's studies.
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College Factual ranked Wellesley as #88 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country.
Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, Wellesley is ranked at #12.
With an acceptance rate of 16%, Wellesley is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 36% of students accepted to Wellesley submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 760. Math scores were between 690 and 780.
At Wellesley, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 8 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wellesley College is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 97% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Wellesley College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Wellesley for first-time, full-time students is 84%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,280 undergraduates at Wellesley with 2,238 being full-time and 42 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,674 | $8,021 | $10,792 | $22,704 | $48,540 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Wellesley, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Wellesley, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $5,286 a year. That adds up to $21,144 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Wellesley is 0.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Wellesley are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481-8203 |
| Phone: | 781-283-1000 |
| Website: | www.wellesley.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/WellesleyCollege |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/wellesley |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 91 | $70,781 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 62 | $36,106 |
| Computer Information Systems | 44 | $110,380 |
| General Biology | 42 | $30,531 |
| Political Science & Government | 42 | $37,693 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 36 | $25,373 |
| Ethnic Studies | 31 | $50,587 |
| Mathematics | 29 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 26 | $37,002 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 25 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 1,968 students who took online classes the previous year.
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Footnotes
*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.
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