Wellesley College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Wellesley College

Wellesley College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 2,300 students of which 2,503 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Wellesley College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 14.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,520 and an ACT midpoint of 33. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $25,496, with published in-state tuition of $67,176 and a Pell grant recipient share of 21.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $10,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 91.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 96.5%. Graduates earn a median of $84,803 ten years after enrolling, compared with $65,961 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 36400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 75.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.