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Wellesley College

Wellesley, Massachusetts

https://www.wellesley.edu

#39 National Colleges

21.56% Admission Rate
Moderately Selective

2,391 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, small, highly residential
  • Women-Only College


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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 a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of elite current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States. Wellesley's endowment of $2.2 billion is the largest out of all women's colleges and the 49th largest among all colleges and universities in the United States in 2019.Wellesley is home to 56 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 Olmstead and houses the Davis Museum and a Botanic Garden.

Notable alumnae and affiliates include two U.S. Secretaries of State; the first female nominee for President of the United States from a major party; noted academics, journalists, writers, politicians, diplomats, activists, businesspeople, filmmakers, and entertainers; and recipients of Emmy, Tony, Academy, and Peabody Awards, the Nobel Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize.


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Location

City
Wellesley, Massachusetts

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Locale
Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)

Region
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Bachelor's degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Social Sciences 25.8%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 14.7%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 10.8%
Physical Sciences 7.8%
Psychology 7.5%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 6.8%
English Language And Literature/Letters 5.6%
Visual And Performing Arts 5.4%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 3.8%
Natural Resources And Conservation 2.8%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2.4%
History 2.1%
Mathematics And Statistics 2.1%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 1.4%
Architecture And Related Services 1.2%

Cost

Tuition
$56,052.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
24.03%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$22,087.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1452 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 780 730 680
Verbal 750 715 680

ACT Scores

33 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 33 31 28
English 35 34 33