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Williams College

Williamstown, MA · CDS 2024–2025 · Town: Fringe · 4-year · Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

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Overall admit rate
8.3%
Lower = more selective
Yield rate
43.0%
Admitted students who enrolled
Avg % of need met
100.0%
Total cost — out-of-state
$90,750
Sticker price before aid
Student-faculty ratio
7:1
Avg loan debt at graduation
—

Admit rate over time

% of need met over time

Total cost (out-of-state) over time

Enrollment

Total all undergraduates2,101
Total all graduate49
Grand total all students2,150

Admissions

Total applicants15,411
Total admitted1,272
Total enrolled547
Overall admit rate8.3%
Admit rate — women8.8%
Admit rate — men8.0%
Yield rate43.0%

Early Decision / Action

Offers Early Decision plan?Yes
ED closing date15-Nov
ED notification date15-Dec
# admitted under ED plan249
Offers Early Action plan?No
EA closing date——
EA notification date——
Restrictive Early Action?——

Test Scores

% submitting SAT35.0%
% submitting ACT17.0%
SAT EBRW 25th %ile740
SAT EBRW 75th %ile780
SAT Math 25th %ile750
SAT Math 75th %ile790
ACT Comp 25th %ile34
ACT Comp 75th %ile35
% in top 10% of HS class88.4%
% in top 25% of HS class98.2%

Cost

Tuition — in-state$72,170
Tuition — out-of-state$72,170
Required fees$340
Room and board$18,240
Total cost — in-state$90,750
Total cost — out-of-state$90,750

Financial Aid

Avg need-based grant$73,746
Avg % of need met100.0%
% with 100% of need met100.0%
Avg merit grant (no need)——
Avg loan debt at graduation——

Waitlist & Transfer

# offered place on waitlist2,303
# admitted from waitlist113
Waitlist admit rate13.2%
Transfer applicants (total)543
Transfer admit rate2.8%

Faculty

Student-faculty ratio7:1
% faculty full-time——

College Scorecard

Federal outcomes data — not in the CDS. Each figure's cohort year can differ from the CDS year above and from other Scorecard figures below; see the vintage next to each.

Admissions & cost

Admit rate (Scorecard)8.3%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
Average net price (public)——
Average net price (private)$17,716Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Completion, retention & earnings

Completion rate (200% of expected time)95.6%Scorecard · Fall 2016 or AcadYr 2016-17 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS200)
Completion rate — Pell recipients (150% of expected time)95.6%Scorecard · Fall 2018 or AcadYr 2018-19 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS)
First-year retention rate96.7%Scorecard · Fall 2023 bachelor's-seeking cohort, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRSRET_FT)
Median earnings, 4 yrs after completing$80,487Scorecard · Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars

Financial aid

% receiving a Pell Grant17.7%Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS_DCS)
% receiving a federal loan5.5%Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS_DCS)

Federal loan repayment status (2 yrs after entering repayment)

Paid in full35.8%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Making progress29.4%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Not making progress10.0%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Discharged——
Defaulted——

Undergraduates

% part-time0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% white46.6%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Black6.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Hispanic/Latino14.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Asian12.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% American Indian/Alaska Native0.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% two or more races7.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% nonresident/international8.8%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% race/ethnicity unknown4.3%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Instructional staff

% women46.9%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% men53.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% white62.2%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Black7.8%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Hispanic/Latino7.2%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Asian13.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% American Indian/Alaska Native0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% two or more races2.2%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% nonresident/international6.3%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% race/ethnicity unknown1.3%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Fields of study

% of degrees awarded, by broad field — College Scorecard.

Social Sciences24.2%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services10.8%
Visual And Performing Arts9.4%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences8.0%
Physical Sciences7.6%
English Language And Literature/Letters7.1%
Mathematics And Statistics7.1%
Psychology6.8%