Philosophy at Wellesley College

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy program at Wellesley College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Wellesley Philosophy 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.

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 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 60% more women than 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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
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.