Writing Studies at Wellesley College

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if Wellesley College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from Wellesley.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Writing Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Wellesley Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Wellesley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Writing Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
	5
Most Focused Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Best Value Writing Studies Schools	194

Writing Student Demographics at Wellesley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at Wellesley College.

Wellesley Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in writing from Wellesley in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wellesley also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General English Literature

Careers That Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Wellesley College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Editors	3,160	$89,280
English Language and Literature Professors	2,780	$80,450
Technical Writers	2,420	$89,630
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jared and Corin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.