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Wellesley College BA in History

20 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

History is a program of study at Wellesley College. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in history, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Rankings for the Wellesley BA in History

#88 in the U.S
#12 in Massachusetts

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Wellesley was ranked #88 on College Factual's Best Schools for history list. It is also ranked #12 in Massachusetts.

Here are some of the other rankings for Wellesley.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Colleges for History (Income $48-$75k) 41
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $48-$75k) 43
Best Value Colleges for History (Income $30-$48k) 51
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $30-$48k) 54
Best History Schools 88
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools 96
Best Value Colleges for History (Income $0-$30k) 98
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $0-$30k) 100
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History 138
Most Focused Colleges for History 147
Best Value Colleges for History (Income $75-$110k) 198
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $75-$110k) 204
Best Value Colleges for History (With Aid) 261
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History (With Aid) 262
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History 385
Most Popular Colleges for History 468
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree History Graduates 514
Highest Paid History Graduates 514
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 536
Best History Colleges for Veterans 537
Best Value Colleges for History (Income Over $110k) 548
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History (Income Over $110k) 550
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History 565
Best Value Colleges for History 566

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in History from Wellesley Cost?

$58,448 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Wellesley Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time undergraduates at Wellesley paid an average of $1,816 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $58,120 $58,120
Fees $328 $328
Books and Supplies $800 $800
On Campus Room and Board $17,772 $17,772
On Campus Other Expenses $1,250 $1,250

Learn more about Wellesley tuition and fees.

Does Wellesley Offer an Online BA in History?

Online degrees for the Wellesley history bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Wellesley Online Learning page.

Wellesley Bachelor’s Student Diversity for History

20 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
100.0% Women
45.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 20 students received their bachelor’s degree in history. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in history in 2019-2020, all of them were women.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in history at Wellesley in 2019-2020, 45.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

BA in History Focus Areas at Wellesley

History students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
History 20

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.

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