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Anthropology at Wellesley College

Anthropology at Wellesley College

If you are interested in studying anthropology, you may want to check out the program at Wellesley College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Anthropology section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley Anthropology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Wellesley Anthropology Rankings

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

Anthropology Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of anthropology 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 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology 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 anthropology.

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

Concentrations Within Anthropology

The following anthropology 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
Anthropology 19

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Anthropology and Archeology Professors 220 $96,160
Anthropologists and Archeologists 30 $91,140

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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