Philosophy & Religious Studies at Wellesley College

If you are interested in studying philosophy & religious 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.

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

Wellesley Philosophy & Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy & Religious Studies

Wellesley Philosophy & Religious Studies Rankings

The philosophy & religious studies major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy & Religious 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.

Philosophy & Religious Studies Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of philosophy & religious studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical philosophy & religious studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 65% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its philosophy & religious 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 philosophy & religious studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Philosophy & Religious Studies

If you plan to be a philosophy & religious 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
Philosophy	20
Religious Studies	3

Related Majors

• History
• English Language & Literature
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences

Careers That Philosophy & Religious Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy & religious 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
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Mathematical Science Professors	1,700	$92,200
Philosophy and Religion Professors	700	$84,290
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.