Wellesley College
Wellesley College admitted 14% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1460–1560 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $23,995 a year. Within six years, 91% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 14%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1460–1560
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $90,250 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $23,995 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $11,253 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $70,144 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 91%
- Students who return for a second year
- 97%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $90,458 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,788
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,300
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 25%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
- Women's college
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 23%
- Computer and information sciences
- 15%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 12%
- Physical sciences
- 9%
- Psychology
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Hamilton College NY · 14% admitted
- Haverford College PA · 12% admitted
- Washington and Lee University VA · 14% admitted
- Colgate University NY · 14% admitted
- University of Notre Dame IN · 11% admitted
- Webb Institute NY · 14% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- Northeastern University MA · 5.2% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.