Partner School: Wellesley College - Diversity

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Regional Diversity:

84% of student body from outside the state of Massachusetts
8% of student body from outside the US.

Gender Ratio:

100% Female / 0% Male

Racial Diversity:

African American:	6%
Asian American:	26%
Caucasian:	46%
Hispanic:	7%
International:	8%
Native American:	0%
Not reporting:	7%

Socio-economic Make-up of Students

25% of students at Wellesley have family incomes below $60,000 (economicdiversity.org)
16% of students at Wellesley receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000 (economicdiversity.org)
See Wellesley's profile on EconomicDiversity.org

Articles and Interesting Tidbits

First in your family to go to college? Here's a great book about students who did the same, featuring Rosa Fernandez, a current student at Wellesley.


*Relevant Rankings:* Ranked the #12 liberal arts college for percentage of Black freshman enrolled in 2005 by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Read survey. Ranked #8 for "Diverse Student Population" in the Princeton Review's 2006 Best 361 College Rankings.