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Williams College Data & Information Overview

24 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
8% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Williams College Ranked?

#90 Best Colleges in Nation
#13 Best Colleges in MA
Social Sciences Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2025 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Williams College was awarded 24 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social sciences.

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Overall Quality

Williams landed the #90 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country.

Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, Williams is ranked at #13.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Williams?

8% Acceptance Rate
50% Of Accepted Are Women
41% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into Williams since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 8%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.

Average Test Scores

About 41% of students accepted to Williams submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 780. Math scores were between 750 and 790.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Williams College  ( 730 to 780 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Williams College  ( 750 to 790 )
200
800
Williams received ACT scores from 21% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 34 and 35.

ACT Composite Scores for Williams College  ( 34 to 35 )
1
36

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Williams College Faculty

6 to 1 Student to Faculty
86% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Williams it is much better at 6 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Williams College is 86%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  86 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Williams College

97% Freshmen Retention
89% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Williams College has a freshmen retention rate of 97%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  97 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Williams the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 89%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  89 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Williams College.

Williams College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,917 Full-Time Undergraduates
40.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
50.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,962 undergraduates at Williams with 1,917 being full-time and 45 being part-time.

How Much Does Williams College Cost?

$26,775 Net Price
19% Take Out Loans
$16,572 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Williams is $26,775. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Williams

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$4,561 $1,191 $3,998 $12,166 $43,981

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Williams, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Williams, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $4,143 a year. That adds up to $16,572 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Williams Graduates Make?

$88,665 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Williams make about $88,665 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future Williams graduates since it is 80% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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See which majors at Williams College make the most money.

Location of Williams College

Massachusetts State
1,917 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Williams College is a private not-for-profit institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Williamstown draws many to the area.

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Contact details for Williams are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 880 Main St, Williamstown, MA 01267
Phone: 413-597-3131
Website: https://www.williams.edu/

Williams College Majors

31 Majors With Completions
1,548 Undergraduate Degrees
1,548 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 31 majors graduated from Williams College. Of these students, 1,548 received undergraduate degrees and 1,548 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Economics 134 $80,888
General Psychology 64 $43,943
Political Science & Government 63 $56,817
History 53 NA
Mathematics 53 $55,193
Computer Science 49 $110,814
General Biology 47 $41,213
Fine & Studio Arts 47 $34,560
General English Literature 45 $49,340
Chemistry 39 $40,840

Learn more about the majors offered at Williams College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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