Williams College Overview

Williams College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The location of Williams is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Williams College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Williams since the student to facuty ratio is 6 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Williams is the master's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 86% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Williams bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $88,665 a year. That's about 117% more than their peers at other schools.
• The average Williams student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Williams College?

Contact details for Williams are given below.

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

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How Do I Get Into Williams?

You can apply to Williams online at: https://www.williams.edu/admission-aid/apply-overview/

Admission Requirements for Williams

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Williams?

If you plan to apply to Williams, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 8%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 9%, and the acceptance rate for women is 8%.

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.

Williams received ACT scores from 21% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 35 and 36. Math scores were between 31 and 0. Composite scores were between 34 and 35.

Can I Afford Williams College?

The overall average net price of Williams is $37,702. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. 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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Williams College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,962 undergraduate students at Williams, with 1,917 being full-time and 45 being part-time.

There are also 25 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,917 full-time undergraduates at Williams, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Williams College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	272
Black or African American	129
Hispanic or Latino	252
White	873
International Students	166
Other Races/Ethnicities	225

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Williams College. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 59 countries are represented at Williams. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and South Korea.

Williams College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Economics	134	26	160
General Psychology	63	0	63
General English Literature	62	0	62
General Biology	59	0	59
Computer Science	56	0	56
History	55	0	55
Mathematics	55	0	55
Fine & Studio Arts	40	12	52
Political Science & Government	46	0	46
Chemistry	29	0	29
Romance Languages	21	0	21
Other Social Sciences	20	0	20
Area Studies	18	0	18
East Asian Languages	18	0	18
Physics	18	0	18
Philosophy	17	0	17
Statistics	16	0	16
Natural Resources Conservation	14	0	14
Sociology	13	0	13
Geological & Earth Sciences	12	0	12
Music	12	0	12
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	11	0	11
Drama & Theater Arts	9	0	9
Ethnic Studies	6	0	6
Religious Studies	5	0	5
Classical Languages & Literature	4	0	4
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	4	0	4
Astronomy & Astrophysics	4	0	4
Anthropology	4	0	4
Germanic Languages	3	0	3
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	1	0	1
TOTAL	829	38	867

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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