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Chemistry at Wellesley College

Chemistry at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,280.

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

Wellesley Chemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Wellesley Chemistry Rankings

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

Chemistry Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chemistry 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 chemistry.

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

Concentrations Within Chemistry

The following chemistry concentations are available at Wellesley College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wellesley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry 18
Chemical Physics 2

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Natural Sciences Managers 4,040 $183,490
Chemists 2,890 $94,270
Environmental Scientists and Specialists 1,950 $82,580
Chemistry Professors 870 $104,780

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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