Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
About
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of women's colleges in the northeastern United States. Wellesley enrolls approximately 2,500 students, including transgender, non-binary and genderqueer students since 2015. It contains 60 departmental and interdepartmental majors spanning the liberal arts, as well as over 150 student clubs and organizations. Wellesley athletes compete in the NCAA Division III New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Its 500-acre (200 ha) campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and houses the Davis Museum and a botanic garden.
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Cost per year
- Tuition and fees (out of state)
- US$70,144
- Estimated total for international students
- US$90,250
International students at public universities pay the out-of-state rate. The estimated total adds housing, food and books to that tuition; it is derived from Scorecard figures, so check the university's own cost page.
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,300
- International undergraduates
- 13%
- Students per teacher
- 7 to 1
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 14%
- SAT
- Reading and writing 730–770 · Maths 730–790
- ACT
- 33–35
Test scores show the middle 50% of admitted students.
Outcomes
- Graduation rate
- 91%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- US$90,458
Earnings are for students who received US federal aid, so they may not reflect international graduates.
Programmes (39)
Bachelor's degrees39 subjects
Subjects and degree levels reported to the US Department of Education. See the university's course catalogue for course-by-course details.