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Area Studies at Wellesley College

Area Studies at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year.

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

Wellesley Area Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

Wellesley Area Studies Rankings

The area studies major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area 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.

Area Studies Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of area studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area 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 studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Area Studies

If you plan to be a area studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
American U.S. Studies 7
Italian Studies 4
East Asian Studies 3
Near & Middle Eastern Studies 3
German Studies 3
Latin American Studies 2
Russian Studies 1

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area 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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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