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Social Sciences at Wellesley College

Social Sciences at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Wellesley Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Sciences. 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of social sciences 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 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences 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 social sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 59
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 55
International Students 37
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Economics 91
Political Science & Government 42
Anthropology 19
Sociology 17
International Relations & National Security 14

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 20,070 $74,510
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Statisticians 3,090 $108,670
Social Science Research Assistants 2,040 $55,310

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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