Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $84,803 ten years after enrolling, more than at 93% of colleges; 92% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.4 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$10K
According to Wellesley College's most recent Common Data Set, 37% of its Class of 2025 graduates (555 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $12,364 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
91 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 6 more are enrolled at another college. (609 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
82 of 100 finish within 4 years, 90 within 6, and 91 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 82% | 90% | 91% |
| Started in college here | 82% | 90% | 91% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 92%, the same as students with no need-based federal aid (92%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients142 students
92% · the same as students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant88 students
91% · 1 point below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan384 students
92% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White235 students
90% · 1 point below all students
- Asian122 students
98% · 6 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino90 students
89% · 3 points below all students
- Black42 students
88% · 3 points below all students
- Two or more races38 students
87% · 5 points below all students
- International85 students
94% · 3 points above all students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Wellesley College. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Wellesley College Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Wellesley College Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)