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Economics at Wellesley College

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Economics at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,280. Of the 739 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College in 2021, 91 of them were economics majors.

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

Wellesley Economics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Wellesley Economics Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. 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 Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 19
Most Focused Economics Schools 21
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 28
Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools 116
Most Popular Economics Schools 137
Best Value Economics Schools 247

How Much Do Economics Graduates from Wellesley Make?

The median salary of economics students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wellesley is $70,781. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 54% higher than the national average of $45,868 for all economics bachelor's degree recipients.

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Economics Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Economics Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The economics program at Wellesley awarded 91 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 64% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its economics 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 economics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 31
International Students 24
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 20,070 $74,510
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Economists 1,150 $117,680
Economics Professors 870 $125,120
Survey Researchers 730 $64,950

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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