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Wellesley College

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Wellesley College, with its rich history and established reputation for academic excellence, provides undergraduates with a comprehensive liberal arts education in a small college environment. By the time you graduate, you will have acquired the skills you need to succeed and make a difference in the world. Wellesley is one of the most academically challenging colleges in the country and is widely acknowledged as the college that best provides an education for women.

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School Overview:

	Wellesley College
Title IV Eligible	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level	4 or more years
Institution Control	Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate	2,216 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	115 students

Total Enrollment	2,331 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	2,185 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	56%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	15%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$4,060
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	5%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$2,604
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	54%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$21,787
% Students Receiving Loans	42%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$2,655

School Notes:

Excellent academic facilities support learning at Wellesley. Students have access to virtually all the collections on campus through a computerized library system totaling over 1.5 million items. The holdings include more than 200 electronic databases; 11,000 electronic journals; 22,000 electronic books; 7,000 films on VHS and DVD; and 7,000 music CDs. Among the special holdings are a world-renowned Browning Collection, a Book Arts Collection, and a Rare Book Collection. Interlibrary loans through the Boston Library Consortium augment the College’s own holdings.
One of the first liberal arts colleges to establish a separate computer science department and computer science major, Wellesley remains at the forefront of technological development.
Approximately 1,000 courses are offered. Nine of the 32 units required for graduation are drawn from eight substantive and skill-based categories. Students are required to take a writing course and to fulfill a quantitative reasoning requirement. Consistent with the College's commitment to cultural diversity, students must complete at least one course with a multicultural focus.
Life at Wellesley provides a balanced environment and an education for women. A Wellesley education is designed to provide you, as an intellectually adventurous woman, with numerous opportunities on campus and beyond. Wellesley offers more than 160 clubs, organizations, and activities for your involvement. The College is easily accessible to Boston, a great city in which to meet other college students and to experience theatre, art, sports, and entertainment.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Wellesley 4th among liberal arts colleges in the country for seven out of the last nine years.
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In the News:

Natick Community Organic Farm’s 9th Annual Harvest Dinner, Auction slated for Sept. 19 (Wellesley Townsman)
posted on July 19, 2011 at 08:36:47 pm
The Natick Community Organic Farm will hold its 9th Annual Harvest Dinner and Auction on Monday, Sept. 19, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Wellesley College Club, 727 Washington St., Wellesley.
Birthright Israel at Wellesley College (Boston Globe)
posted on July 19, 2011 at 08:05:27 am
Wellesley College is one of the latest schools to join a campus initiative to encourage more Jewish college students to visit Israel and afterwards be more engaged in Jewish life. The Birthright Israel Campus Initiative, sponsored by Boston-based Combined Jewish Philanthropies, is already installed on local campuses including Harvard, Brandeis, Tufts, Northeastern, and Boston University. This ...
Wellesley reaches beyond Birthright trip (Wellesley Townsman)
posted on July 6, 2011 at 09:40:11 pm
A new initiative at Wellesley College this fall will help Jewish students both connect before and after they take part in the Taglit-Birthright Israel trip.
Geekiest wedding dress ever (Network World)
posted on June 27, 2011 at 06:27:23 pm
Wellesley College's Davis Museum just finished a months-long exhibit featuring work by famed African artist El Anatsui, who creates art largely from found objects (old bottle caps, etc.). Good stuff. Read more
Intro to Empowerment (Boston Globe)
posted on June 23, 2011 at 08:21:03 am
W hen strangers ask me where I go to school, I often get the same response after I tell them I attend Wellesley College: That's the girls' school, isn't it? Or alternately: Is that the school from Mona Lisa Smile? I often find myself defending my choice to be educated with only women, or satisfying the curiosity of my inquisitive ...