Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at Wellesley College

If you are interested in studying area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, you may want to check out the program at Wellesley College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. Of the 739 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College in 2021, 54 of them were area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Wellesley Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs across the country. The following shows how Wellesley performed in these rankings.

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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender 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
	5
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	6
Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	16
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	33
Most Popular Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Schools	76

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at Wellesley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at Wellesley College.

Wellesley Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wellesley. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	17
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Wellesley also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wellesley College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	31
Area Studies	23

Related Majors

• Education
• History
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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
Interpreters and Translators	2,140	$55,600
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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.