Economics at Wellesley College

If you are interested in studying economics, 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. Of the 91 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

The following rankings from College Factual show how the economics progam at Wellesley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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
	19
	21
	28
	30
	31
	34
	116
	137
	234
	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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went 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.

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.

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.

Concentrations Within Economics

Economics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wellesley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	91

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.

• 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.