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As one of the nation’s premier colleges, we are unparalleled in educating pathbreaking women in every arena: pioneering scientists, environmental revolutionaries, U.S. secretaries of state, civil rights activists, business leaders, network news producers, and genre-defying artists. We are Wellesley .
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States. [ 7]
Wellesley College, located 12 west miles outside of Boston in Wellesley, Massachusetts, has a scenic campus encompassing a lake, woodlands, an arboretum and open meadows.
Wellesley College is one of the most academically challenging institutions of higher education in the country, and we are widely acknowledged as the top women’s college in the world. Here we prepare students to realize their own highest ambitions and aspirations—and they do.
Wellesley College is one of the most academically challenging institutions of higher education in the country, and we are widely acknowledged as the top…
Wellesley College is one of the most academically challenging institutions of higher education in the country, and we are widely acknowledged as the top…
A Wellesley education prepares students to realize their own highest ambitions and aspirations—and they do. Widely acknowledged to be one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges and the top women’s college, we are unparalleled in educating pathbreaking women in every arena.
Visiting Wellesley provides a unique opportunity to view the vibrant, lively culture, the beautiful campus, and the world-leading community near Boston, Massachusetts.
Wellesley College will continue to be test optional for those applying for entry in fall 2025. Since the introduction of test-optional practices at Wellesley, approximately 45% of our enrolling first-year students chose to apply without testing.
We are women who change the world. We’re the ones who break barriers, build bridges, and shift paradigms. The ones who ask and answer the toughest questions. The ones who open doors and hold them open to others. The ones who get it done. At Wellesley, we learn how.
