International Relations & National Security at Wellesley College

If you are interested in studying international relations and national security, 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 approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in international relations from Wellesley.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in International Relations & National Security section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley International Relations & National Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations

Wellesley International Relations & National Security Rankings

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

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 international relations major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for International Relations & National Security. 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
	26
Most Focused International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Popular International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Most Popular International Relations & Security Schools	156
Best Value International Relations & Security Schools	160

International Relations Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in international relations from Wellesley in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its international relations 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 international relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That International Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in international relations 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
Political Science Professors	1,020	$136,210
Political Scientists	50	$88,120

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.