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Physics at Wellesley College

Physics at Wellesley College

What traits are you looking for in a physics school? To help you decide if Wellesley College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physics 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 Physics section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Wellesley Physics Rankings

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

Physics Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Physics Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 75% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physics 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 physics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 6
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Physics

If you plan to be a physics 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
General Physics 12

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics 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
Physics Postsecondary Professors 550 $116,470
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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