Which Wellesley College major has the lowest debt?

Neuroscience graduates leave with a median of $8,300 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Wellesley College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Wellesley College cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,176 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $25,496 a year.

How many Wellesley College programs report graduate pay?

12 bachelor's programs at Wellesley College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Wellesley College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Wellesley, MA
2,300 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Wellesley College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($100,644), and Anthropology the least ($31,973). The median program pays $40,804.

Tuition and fees$67,176Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$25,496Per year

Graduation rate92%Within 6 years

Admission rate14%Of applicants

All 12 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 67 graduates a year	$100,644	Not reported	$13,350	2nd of 10
2	EconomicsAbout 97 graduates a year	$86,367	$107,567	$11,190	3rd of 21
3	Political ScienceAbout 45 graduates a year	$50,214	$60,169	$12,500	6th of 29
4	NeuroscienceAbout 35 graduates a year	$44,687	Not reported	$8,300	3rd of 10
5	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 21 graduates a year	$43,926	$60,668	Not reported	1st of 5
6	Area StudiesAbout 22 graduates a year	$43,231	$68,057	$9,525	4th of 6
7	EnglishAbout 27 graduates a year	$38,376	$64,206	$12,000	10th of 28
8	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 20 graduates a year	$37,724	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 16
9	Romance LanguagesAbout 18 graduates a year	$36,776	$57,010	$10,152	7th of 9
10	BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$36,621	$60,268	$10,159	29th of 32
11	Experimental PsychologyAbout 68 graduates a year	$36,283	Not reported	$12,500	8th of 10
12	AnthropologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$31,973	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 6

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$100,644
Economics$86,367
Political Science$50,214
Neuroscience$44,687
Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies$43,926

Lowest median debt

Neuroscience$8,300
Area Studies$9,525
Romance Languages$10,152
Biology$10,159
Economics$11,190

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 97 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 68 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 67 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 45 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $100,644 in their first year, the most of 12 Wellesley College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels