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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from Wellesley.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Area Studies Schools	12
	16
Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Best Value Area Studies Schools	49

Earnings of Wellesley Area Studies Graduates

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wellesley is $36,749. This is 21% higher than $30,421, which is the national average for all area studies bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 area 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 17% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

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.

• 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.