by our College Data Analytics Team
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Williams College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,962 undergraduates at Williams with 1,917 being full-time and 45 being part-time.
| $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.
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.
Get more details about the location of Williams College.
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/ |
| 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 |
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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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