William & Mary
William & Mary admitted 34% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1400–1530 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $18,880 a year. Within six years, 88% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 34%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1400–1530
- ACT middle 50%
- 32–34
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $45,606 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $18,880 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $3,292 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $26,456 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $52,725 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 88%
- Students who return for a second year
- 95%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $83,488 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $17,417
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,055
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 15%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 20%
- Business, management and marketing
- 13%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 12%
- Psychology
- 9%
- Computer and information sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Oberlin College OH · 34% admitted
- Mount Holyoke College MA · 36% admitted
- Case Western Reserve University OH · 37% admitted
- Kenyon College OH · 31% admitted
- Lafayette College PA · 32% admitted
- Scripps College CA · 38% admitted
More colleges in Virginia
- Liberty University VA · 99% admitted
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA · 55% admitted
- George Mason University VA · 88% admitted
- James Madison University VA · 72% admitted
- Virginia Commonwealth University VA · 93% admitted
- University of Virginia-Main Campus VA · 17% admitted
- Old Dominion University VA · 90% admitted
- Radford University VA · 90% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.