Benchmarking Wellesley against all colleges
Wellesley has the 4th-highest USNews Liberal Arts College ranking of all the 1,889 private colleges.
Note that USNews Liberal Arts College ranking tends to rise or fall opposite to debt related to property, plant, and equipment. But on the latter, Wellesley (with $0.00K) is lower (i.e., better) than the median ($7.87M) of those 1,889 private colleges.
Note that USNews Liberal Arts College ranking tends to rise or fall opposite to debt related to property, plant, and equipment. But on the latter, Wellesley (with $0.00K) is lower (i.e., better) than the median ($7.87M) of those 1,889 private colleges.
Peers
beat out by Williams College (1st place), Amherst College (2nd place), and Swarthmore (3rd place).
Incidentally, all 4 enroll from 1,000 to 4,999 students. None of the 4 is religiously affiliated. None of the 4 is open admission. None of the 4 grants doctorates.
beat Bowdoin College (5th place), Pomona College (5th place), Middlebury (7th place), and Haverford (8th place), and others, ending with Xavier U of Louisiana (178th place).
Incidentally, all 4 enroll from 1,000 to 4,999 students. None of the 4 is religiously affiliated. None of the 4 is open admission. None of the 4 grants doctorates.
beat Bowdoin College (5th place), Pomona College (5th place), Middlebury (7th place), and Haverford (8th place), and others, ending with Xavier U of Louisiana (178th place).
References
- The US News National Liberal Arts College Rankings are at http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges.