Top Ranked Programs
Wellesley College's program mix is anchored in Social Sciences, with Social Sciences accounting for 25% of graduates, followed by other STEM fields at 8% and Arts at 5%. Economics combines the largest cohort with strong earnings, making it the program that contributes most to the institution's overall financial outcomes. Across 34 programs serving roughly 721 students annually, 8 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold — a high share that reflects breadth across the liberal-arts curriculum rather than concentration in a handful of fields. The strongest national ranks cluster in quantitative and analytical fields. Azimuth ranks Artificial Intelligence #5 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning $177,213 from a cohort of 57. Azimuth ranks Economics #31 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning $121,787, and Azimuth ranks Political Science #58 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning $72,830. Among the most popular programs, Economics program graduates 92 students annually with median earnings of $121,787, and Artificial Intelligence graduates 57 with median earnings of $177,213. For how Azimuth evaluates programs, see the methodology. Many of Wellesley College's strongest programs are grad-school-dependent pathways — fields like Political Science and Research Psychology where a meaningful share of graduates continue to medical, law, or doctoral programs, and four-year earnings undercount lifetime trajectory. Artificial Intelligence and Economics, by contrast, channel graduates more directly into the workforce, and their four-year earnings reflect national labor-market outcomes in finance, technology, and consulting. The supply and demand for college graduates framework provides context for how these fields align with broader wage trends.