Enrollment Trends at Wellesley

The student population at Wellesley College is 2,447 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 27 over the past decade.

All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Wellesley College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,454 where 2,447 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wellesley College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,474	50	2,424
2014-15	2,323 -151	61 11	2,262 -162
2015-16	2,510 187	67 6	2,443 181
2016-17	2,482 -28	56 -11	2,426 -17
2017-18	2,508 26	54 -2	2,454 28
2018-19	2,534 26	60 6	2,474 20
2019-20	2,519 -15	56 -4	2,463 -11
2020-21	2,280 -239	9 -47	2,271 -192
2021-22	2,461 181	30 21	2,431 160
2022-23	2,447 -14	35 5	2,412 -19
Average	2,454	48	2,406

Wellesley College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.20% and the percentage of black students is 7.44% at Wellesley College. 22.44% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wellesley College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	0	548	140	236	0	1,017	137
2014-15	1	538	128	205	0	932	138
2015-16	2	533	131	257	0	943	143
2016-17	2	513	129	264	0	890	139
2017-18	4	555	147	284	0	937	149
2018-19	3	523	157	318	0	921	153
2019-20	2	554	160	314	0	877	172
2020-21	2	519	161	318	1	800	146
2021-22	1	524	189	354	4	826	151
2022-23	3	549	182	357	5	788	172
Average	2	536	152	291	1	893	150

Wellesley College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Wellesley College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.

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