WELLESLEY COLLEGE CLASS OF 2025 PROFILE CLASS SNAPSHOT 7,920
Applicants
1,240
Admitted (16%)
SECONDARY SCHOOL TYPE
DISTRIBUTION New England
19%
Pacific & Mountain
18%
Public and Charter
65%
South
24%
Independent
27%
14%
Religious Homeschools
8% <1%
606
Enrolling (49%)
Mid-Atlantic
45
States represented + District of Columbia & Puerto Rico
International & Americans Abroad
25
Nations of citizenship
54%
Students of color, including two or more races
Central
9% 17%
MEAN TEST SCORES
STATES REPRESENTED (By location of high school) 45 states + D.C. and Puerto Rico Top states represented:
Statistics as of 9.9.2021
California Massachusetts New York Texas Connecticut
DEMOGRAPHICS Race/Ethnicity: 18%
Latina/Hispanic
17%
Native American
<1%
25 nations of citizenship represented by non-U.S. citizens
Pacific Islander
<1%
Top countries of citizenship represented:
2%
White/Caucasian
30%
International Citizens
15%
Students who come from a home where at least one language other than English is spoken
46%
(Neither parent has a four-year college degree) Percent of entering class:
20%
Percent of entering class eligible for the Federal Pell Grant: 24%
TOP NON-COGNITIVE ATTRIBUTES Changemaker/Activist Creativity Emotional Intelligence Engagement in Society Independence Intellectual Attributes Motivation
(Alumnae relatives include mothers, grandmothers, aunts, cousins, or sisters) 13%
ACCEPTANCE INFORMATION BY ENTRANCE PLAN APPLIED ACCEPTED
ADMIT RATE
7,920
1,240
16%
773
310
40%
Deferred from Early Decision
[296]
25
8%
Regular Decision
7,147
905
13%
Early Decision I & II 58%
82%
ALUMNAE RELATIVES
Total
FINANCIAL AID Percent of entering class receiving financial aid award containing grant aid:
China India South Korea Canada Japan
Percent of entering class:
FIRST GENERATION
742 33
Top Ten Percent:
CITIZENSHIPS REPRESENTED
Asian
Other/Not reported
737
(Of the 31% who were ranked)
11%
6%
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing SAT Math ACT Composite
HIGH SCHOOL RANK
African American/Black
Two or more races
(Of the 54% who requested their scores be considered)
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Joy St. John Dean of Admission & Financial Aid
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