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. In 2021, 12 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Wellesley.

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Popular Physics Schools	292

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from Wellesley. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 76% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Chemistry

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.

• 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.