Philosophy at Wellesley College

If you plan to study philosophy, 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 has a total student population of 2,280. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Wellesley.

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

Wellesley Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Wellesley Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy 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 philosophy major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy. 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 Philosophy Schools	34

Philosophy Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its philosophy 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Religious Studies

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy 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

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.