Music at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 music majors received their bachelor's degree from Wellesley.

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

Wellesley Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Wellesley Music Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks music 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 music major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Music Schools	51
	105
	120
Best Value Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	383
Most Focused Music Schools	419
Best Value Music Schools	437
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	486
Most Popular Music Schools	598

Music Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music 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 music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Music Directors and Composers	260	$56,200
Sound Engineering Technicians	190	$57,110

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.