Williams College
Williams College admitted 8.3% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1490–1570 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $15,157 a year. Within six years, 95% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 8.3%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1490–1570
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $89,520 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $15,157 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $2,291 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $72,510 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 95%
- Students who return for a second year
- 97%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $95,954 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,076
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 16%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 6 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 24%
- Computer and information sciences
- 11%
- Visual and performing arts
- 9%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 8%
- Physical sciences
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- Amherst College MA · 9% admitted
- Rice University TX · 8% admitted
- Swarthmore College PA · 7.5% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
- Pomona College CA · 7.1% admitted
More colleges in Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- Boston University MA · 11% admitted
- Northeastern University MA · 5.2% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Boston MA · 84% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA · 83% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Bridgewater State University MA · 88% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% 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.