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William & Mary Overview

William & Mary is a public institution located in Williamsburg, Virginia. William & Mary is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is William & Mary Known For?

1,994 Undergraduate Awards
$48,465 Avg Cost After Aid
33% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at William & Mary.
  • In a recent academic period77% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, William & Mary bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $73,490 a year. That's about 80% more than their peers at other schools.
  • It takes the average William & Mary student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is William & Mary?

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Contact details for William & Mary are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 200 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Phone: 757-221-4000
Website: www.wm.edu

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How Do I Get Into William & Mary?

You can apply to William & Mary online at: https://www.wm.edu/admission/

Admission Requirements for William & Mary

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 5

How Hard Is It To Get Into William & Mary?

33% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women
52% Submit SAT Scores
William & Mary has a fairly low acceptance rate of 33%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 39%, and the acceptance rate for women is 30%.

Average Test Scores

About 52% of students accepted to William & Mary submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 695 and 750. Math scores were between 680 and 770.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for William & Mary  ( 695 to 750 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for William & Mary  ( 680 to 770 )
200
800
William & Mary received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 0. Composite scores were between 32 and 34.

ACT English Scores for William & Mary  ( 34 to 35 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for William & Mary  ( 32 to 34 )
1
36

Can I Afford William & Mary?

$48,465 Net Price
26% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of William & Mary is $48,465. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At William & Mary, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $8,882 a year. That adds up to $35,528 over four years for those students.

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William & Mary Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,131 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 6,236 undergraduate students at William & Mary, with 6,131 being full-time and 105 being part-time.

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There are also 2,703 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,131 full-time undergraduates at William & Mary, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of William & Mary students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 557
Black or African American 430
Hispanic or Latino 537
White 3,632
International Students 292
Other Races/Ethnicities 683

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at William & Mary. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 73 countries are represented at William & Mary. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

William & Mary Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 200 0 411 0 611
Law 0 0 0 217 217
Political Science & Government 190 0 0 0 190
General Psychology 181 0 7 0 188
General Biology 139 0 10 0 149
History 114 0 14 4 132
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 12 116 0 128
Health & Physical Education 125 0 0 0 125
Economics 122 0 0 0 122
Student Counseling 0 0 96 5 101
Computer Science 95 0 0 0 95
International Relations & National Security 95 0 0 0 95
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 86 0 0 0 86
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 73 0 73
Educational Administration 0 11 38 22 71
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 67 0 0 0 67
Public Policy 48 0 16 0 64
Physics 40 0 6 7 53
General English Literature 51 0 0 0 51
Data Science 49 0 0 0 49
Mathematics 48 0 0 0 48
Chemistry 41 0 6 0 47
Area Studies 38 0 3 1 42
Applied Mathematics 0 0 38 0 38
Sociology 37 0 0 0 37
Romance Languages 32 0 0 0 32
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 28 0 28
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 18 9 27
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 26 0 26
Philosophy 25 0 0 0 25
Anthropology 18 0 6 1 25
Computer Information Systems 0 0 16 8 24
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 23 0 0 0 23
Geological & Earth Sciences 23 0 0 0 23
Marketing 0 0 22 0 22
Classical Languages & Literature 19 3 0 0 22
Fine & Studio Arts 20 0 0 0 20
Statistics 18 0 0 0 18
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 7 11 0 18
Music 17 0 0 0 17
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 2 9 11
Teacher Education Grade Specific 9 1 0 0 10
Religious Studies 9 0 0 0 9
Drama & Theater Arts 6 0 0 0 6
East Asian Languages 5 0 0 0 5
Germanic Languages 4 0 0 0 4
Teaching English or French 0 3 0 0 3
Geography & Cartography 0 3 0 0 3
Mental & Social Health Services 0 1 0 0 1
Special Education 0 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,994 41 963 283 3,281

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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