Ethnic Studies at Wellesley College

If you plan to study ethnic studies, take a look at what Wellesley College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Wellesley.

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

Wellesley Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Wellesley Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic 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 ethnic studies major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ethnic 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 Ethnic Studies Schools	4
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Most Focused Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	22
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35

How Much Do Ethnic Studies Graduates from Wellesley Make?

The median salary of ethnic studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wellesley is $50,587. This is 73% higher than $29,213, which is the national average for all ethnic studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from Wellesley in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ethnic 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 ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Area Studies

Careers That Ethnic Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethnic 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.