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The food at Wellesley is fresh, sustainably sourced, often creative, always inspired, and meets every need. ... Wellesley College. 106 Central Street Wellesley, MA ...
Wellesley College is a small private college located on a suburban campus in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,461, and admissions are highly selective, with an acceptance rate of 16%. The college offers 56 bachelor's degrees, has an average graduation rate of 92%, and a student-faculty ratio of 8:1.
Total enrollment is more than 2,400. Wellesley College, which was chartered in 1870 and opened in 1875, was founded by Henry Fowle Durant to provide women with college opportunities equal to those of men. Wellesley was the first women’s college to have scientific laboratories, and its physics laboratory was the second in an American college.
Academic calendar. The College community can access the official calendar to keep informed about important dates during the academic year. A Wellesley education prepares students to realize their own highest ambitions and aspirations—and they do. Widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges and the top women’s ...
Wellesley College will continue to be test optional for those applying for entry in fall 2025. Since the introduction of test-optional practices at Wellesley, approximately 45% of our enrolling first-year students chose to apply without testing. As always, testing is just one part of our holistic, committee-based application review process.
When you come to Wellesley, you’re grounded in a stunning 500-acre campus that was built for women—a place that has stood for nearly 150 years as a foundation for our shared promise. We’re also 12 miles from Boston and Cambridge, a source of world-class culture, 250,000 college students, and pretty much unlimited opportunities.
Our La Maison Française is a residence and a cultural center for the community of Wellesley and that of the Francophones of Boston. Fourteen students from Wellesley College and two students from the University of Aix-en-Provence live at the House each year. During the academic year, several conferences on various subjects are organized there ...
