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Graduate School Information

  • 22% of students attend graduate school upon graduating from Wellesley

  • 5% go to medical school

  • 4% go to law school

  • 3% go to business school




Student Spotlight

Wellesley Alumna to Continue Studies in Social Change and Technology Thanks to Prestigious Scholarship from Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Palm Beach Gardens Native Wins NCAA Scholarship; Recent Wellesley College Graduate to Enter Law School in Fall. Read more.
Available Majors and Career Preparation
  • Wellesley offers over 60 departments, majors, and programs of study ranging from Architecture to Astronomy to Middle Eastern Studies. See the entire list of available majors at Wellesley.


  • Interested in Engineering? Wellesley offers a double degree program with MIT through which students can earn a B.A. from Wellesley and an S.B. from MIT over five years. Learn more.


  • Interested in Pre-Law? While no particular track or major is necessary to apply to law school, many students will major in political science and benefit from the pre-law advisory group on campus. Students can also take advantage of the numerous internships available, including the Wellesley in Washington program, and courses in a wide range of academic disciplines that introduce them to aspects of the law. Learn more.

  • Interested in being Pre-Med? Wellesley offers a variety of science programs to prepare students to apply to medical school. Wellesley has majors and programs of study such as Biological Chemistry, Neuroscience, and Biological Sciences which pre-med students may want to consider.


  • Interested in Business? Wellesley offers majors including Mathematics and Economics to prepare students for future work in business.


Articles and Interesting Tidbits
  • Wellesley created a new policy that allows students on financial aid to carry all of their Wellesley aid over to the university abroad they wish to study at. Learn more.

  • According to The Wellesley News, the largest single employer of Wellesley graduates was Teach for America. Learn more.
  • New Study Finds Women’s Colleges Are Better Equipped to Help Students http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2006/080106.html
  • NASA Names Second Female Shuttle Commander - Space.com June 19, 2006.
  • Wellesley's Commitment to Women in the Sciences - A report from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.



Princeton Review's Best 361 College Rankings

  • Ranked #9 for "Best Overall Academic Experience for Undergraduates"

  • Ranked #5 for "Professors Get High Marks"

  • Ranked #15 for "Professors Make Themselves Accessible"