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General Physics at Wellesley College

General Physics at Wellesley College

Every general physics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general physics program at Wellesley College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 General Physics section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley General Physics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General Physics

Wellesley General Physics Rankings

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

General Physics Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley General Physics Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of general physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical general 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 general 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 general 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

Careers That General Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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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