Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,300 undergrads
- Women's college
- Admit rate
- 14%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $23,995per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 91%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $90,45810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Wellesley students can cross-register for classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Babson College, Brandeis University, and Olin College of Engineering, with access to dual-degree engineering programs.
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Getting in
- Admit rate
- 14%About 1 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1460–1560Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Wellesley College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 15%1,258 admitted of 8,506 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 29%301 admitted of 1,023. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 5%59 admitted of 1,121 who stayed on the wait list (2,214 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1460–154044% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 33–3518% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 88%99% were in the top quarter. Based on the 25% whose school ranks.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
Where you'd stand
Enter your numbers to see where they'd fall among Wellesley College's first-year students. This isn't a prediction: it shows how you compare with students who enrolled, using the sources linked below.
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Sources: Wellesley College Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $23,995full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $90,250sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $70,144Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 91%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 97%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $90,45810 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,788federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,300Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 25%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA — admits 36%
- Clark University Worcester, MA — admits 40%
- Stonehill College Easton, MA — admits 66%
- Brandeis University Waltham, MA — admits 41%
Also worth a look
- Smith College Northampton, MA — admits 21%
- Amherst College Amherst, MA — admits 9%
- Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA — admits 14%
- Hamilton College Clinton, NY — admits 14%
- Wesleyan University Middletown, CT — admits 16%
- Carleton College Northfield, MN — admits 20%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Wellesley College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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