Williams earned 98 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 45 in the top 5%, 44 in the top 10% and 8 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #3 of 625 in Most Focused for Economics, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 98 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 45
Highest placement: #3 of 625, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 12
Placements this edition: 185
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Williams College Earned?
Williams College holds 98 ranking badges across 12 fields of study, 46 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s online-program rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. This page reflects the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
45
Top 10%
44
Top 15%
8
Total
98
What Is Williams College Known For?
Williams College is best known for Social Sciences: 8 of its 51 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Economics, General English Literature and Mathematics.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Williams College earned 47 badges across 30 sports, 22 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #13 of 731 in Tennis.
Williams College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #2,112 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 43%).
Each ranking here is built on federal education data, 2027 edition. Williams College appears in 185 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team