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Religious Studies at Wellesley College

Religious Studies at Wellesley College

What traits are you looking for in a religion school? To help you decide if Wellesley College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's religion program.

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 Religious Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley Religious Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Wellesley Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Religion Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 71% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its religion 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 religion.

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

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion 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
Religion/Religious Studies 3

Careers That Religion Grads May Go Into

A degree in religion 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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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