Psychology at Wellesley College

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Wellesley College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,280. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wellesley.

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

Wellesley Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Wellesley Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology 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 psychology major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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
Best Psychology Schools	80
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
	309
	315

Psychology Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from Wellesley in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	22
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology 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
Child Development & Psychology	62

Related Majors

• Education
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

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.