Astronomy & Astrophysics at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in astronomy from Wellesley.

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

Wellesley Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Wellesley Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The astronomy major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy & Astrophysics. 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 Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools	44

Astronomy Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 astronomy majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wellesley. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical astronomy 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.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in astronomy at Wellesley are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its astronomy 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 astronomy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy 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
Physics Postsecondary Professors	550	$116,470
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	420	$137,740
Physicists	360	$150,170

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.