21.6% / 21.4%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications8,506
Overall admit rate14.8%
In-state admit rate21.6%
Out-of-state admit rate21.4%
Enrolled576 · 45.8% yield
Admitted from waitlist59 of 2,214
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#6
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#626
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#726
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#1526
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#2926
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#3126
NicheBest Colleges in America#5726
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#7626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Federal designationWomen's College9
Athletic conferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMassachusetts colleges25
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
$0
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/8 → Late March → by deadline in letter of admission
Early decision11/1 → mid-Dec · binding
Early decision 21/5
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
Admissions URLhttps://www.wellesley.edu/admission
Admissions emailadmission@wellesley.edu
Admissions phone781-283-2270
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Smith College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Smith College MA · Private (nonprofit)21.0%1480—
Barnard College NY · Private (nonprofit)8.0%15003K
Bryn Mawr College PA · Private (nonprofit)—1380—
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.