General Computer & Information Sciences at Wellesley College

If you plan to study general computer and information sciences, take a look at what Wellesley College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,280. Of the 66 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College in 2021, 44 of them were general computer and information sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Wellesley General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Wellesley General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at Wellesley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at Wellesley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	4
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
	8
Best General Computer Science Schools	8
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	77
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	134
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	209
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	219

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Wellesley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information sciences majors at Wellesley College.

Wellesley General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of computer and information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Wellesley since its program graduates 77% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's in computer and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wellesley also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Wellesley College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,820	$156,620
Computer Systems Analysts	14,790	$94,510
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	8,880	$91,470
Computer Network Architects	6,000	$121,700

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jared and Corin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.