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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Wellesley.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks anthropology programs across the country. The following shows how Wellesley performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	178
Best Value Anthropology Schools	254

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

Of the 19 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Wellesley in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's in anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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.

• 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.