Mathematics at Wellesley College

If you are interested in studying mathematics, 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 has a total student population of 2,280. In 2021, 29 math majors received their bachelor's degree from Wellesley.

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

Wellesley Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Wellesley Mathematics Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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
Most Focused Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	50

Math Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students earned a bachelor's degree in math from Wellesley. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 61% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Statisticians	3,090	$108,670
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200

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

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