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William & Mary 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has released it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and William & Mary has received a top placement. You can read more about this year’s release or scroll down for details on how William & Mary fared in this year’s report.

This page was created to give you an overview of how William & Mary fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

How William & Mary Fared in College Factual’s 2025 Best Colleges Rankings

Nationwide Ranking

William & Mary is #103 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This scores William & Mary among the best 5% of higher education institutions in the nation for students!

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Virginia Ranking

William & Mary placed #5 out of 57 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This puts William & Mary among the top 5% of higher education institutions in the country for Virginia students! See the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking

This report includes highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, William & Mary has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40	1,187	96.6%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51	933	94.5%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26	378	93.1%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33	1,150	97.1%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45	925	95.1%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26	416	93.8%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81	609	86.7%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59	573	89.7%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45	268	83.2%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80	471	83.0%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86	502	82.9%
Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57	320	82.2%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145	816	82.2%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	124	883	86.0%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84	533	84.2%
Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	1	10	90.0%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46	280	83.6%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79	481	83.6%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51	244	79.1%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	6	349	98.3%
Best Data Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4	17	76.5%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131	597	78.1%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	2	33	93.9%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	5	100	95.0%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	11	249	95.6%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100	417	76.0%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	1	32	96.9%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	1	6	83.3%
Best Data Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	1	4	75.0%
Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	1	3	66.7%
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31	149	79.2%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50	238	79.0%
Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36	169	78.7%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	6	323	98.1%
Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	6	72	91.7%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	2	14	85.7%
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57	255	77.6%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77	345	77.7%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	12	146	91.8%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86	384	77.6%
Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31	134	76.9%
Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28	102	72.6%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	7	73	90.4%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	6	60	90.0%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	10	231	95.7%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	5	100	95.0%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112	460	75.6%
Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59	206	71.4%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	3	19	84.2%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	2	16	87.5%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	10	126	92.1%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	28	227	87.7%
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	2	8	75.0%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	16	115	86.1%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	4	23	82.6%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	7	68	89.7%
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	4	34	88.2%
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	23	156	85.3%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	25	170	85.3%
Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	3	14	78.6%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	3	20	85.0%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	7	58	87.9%
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	2	9	77.8%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	4	26	84.6%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	27	225	88.0%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	129	437	70.5%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	21	124	83.1%
Best Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	2	8	75.0%
Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25	80	68.8%
Best Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32	101	68.3%
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	9	59	84.8%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	16	110	85.5%
Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	10	64	84.4%
Best Romance Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59	182	67.6%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	25	160	84.4%
Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	6	33	81.8%
Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	3	10	70.0%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	18	102	82.4%
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	2	6	66.7%
Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	7	35	80.0%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	4	14	71.4%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	4	14	71.4%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	6	23	73.9%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	12	61	80.3%
Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	3	11	72.7%
Best Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	4	16	75.0%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	4	16	75.0%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	6	26	76.9%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	22	105	79.1%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	4	15	73.3%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	38	142	73.2%
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	4	13	69.2%
Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	14	46	69.6%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia	5	15	66.7%
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	26	88	70.5%
Best Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	7	21	66.7%
Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region	12	37	67.6%

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