Williams seeks to provide the finest possible liberal arts education in a community of learning known for the talent and diversity of its students, the teaching and research ability of its faculty, the dedication of its staff, and the extraordinary loyalty of its alumni. Its signature program is that of Oxford-style tutorials, in which faculty meet weekly with pairs of students, who take turns leading discussion of their paper, problem set, or creative work.
About Our Students
FALL 2021 ADMISSIONS
Numbers are for degree-seeking students applied, admitted, and enrolled in the fall of 2021.
Middle 50% SAT Range for Freshman Class
Numbers are for degree-seeking students applied, admitted, and enrolled in the fall of 2021.
All students applying for entry through fall 2023 may choose whether to submit SAT/ACT exam results.
Mathematics
740 - 790
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
720 - 770
Freshmen Returning for Sophomore Year
FALL 2021 ENROLLMENT
Numbers are for degree-seeking undergraduate students and graduate students enrolled in the fall of 2021.
Graduate Student:
A student that holds a bachelor's degree or equivalent, and is taking courses at the post-baccalaureate level. Students formerly designated as first-professional students are now captured in the graduate student enrollment numbers.
FALL 2021 FRESHMAN CLASS
GEOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Percentages are for the origins of first-time freshmen enrolled in the fall of 2021.
GENDER: ALL UNDERGRADUATES
DIVERSITY: ALL UNDERGRADUATES
What Students Pay
Price of Attendance in 2021 - 2022
Note: Numbers are estimates only for full-time undergraduate students living on campus in academic year 2021 - 2022.
Room & Board: This figure assumes double occupancy in institutional housing and 19 meals per week (or the maximum meal plan).
Books and Supplies: These costs include the average cost of books and supplies for a typical full-time undergraduate student living on campus. Unusual costs for special groups of students (for example, engineering or art majors) are not included unless they constitute a majority of the students at the institution.
Transportation: These costs include two round trips per year to the hometown of a typical full-time undergraduate student living on campus.
Other Expenses: These expenses include average costs for a typical full-time undergraduate student living on campus, for clothing, laundry, entertainment, medical (if not a required fee), and furnishings.
Estimated Tuition & Fees$59,350
Estimated Room & Board$15,000
Estimated Books & Supplies$800
Estimated Transportation$690
Other Expenses$1,850
Percent of Freshmen Receiving Aid by Type
Note: Percentages are for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students enrolled in fall 2021 - 2022.
Federal Grants: These monies include Pell Grants and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants made by the U.S. Department of Education as well as need-based and merit-based educational assistance funds and training vouchers from other federal agencies.
State/Local Grants: These monies include grants provided by the state to the institution through the LEAP program as well as state merit scholarships and tuition and fee waivers. Local grants are any local government grants, scholarship, or gift-aid awarded directly to the student.
Institutional Grants: These monies include scholarships and fellowships funded by the institution and/or individual departments. Also included are tuition and fee waivers and athletic scholarships from the institution.
Student Loans: These monies include subsidized and unsubsidized loans made directly to the student, including Perkins Loans. Also included are institutionally- and privately-sponsored loans for which the student is the designated borrower and funds go through the institution. PLUS and other loans for which the parent is the designated borrower are excluded.
Average Undergraduate Loans Owed At Graduation
The average per-undergraduate-borrower cumulative principal borrowed of the 2021 undergraduate class (does not include students who transferred in or any money borrowed while at other institutions) who started at this institution as first-time students and received a bachelor’s degree between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. Includes loans through all loan programs: institutional, state, Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans, and private loans certified by this institution; parent loans are excluded but co-signed loans are included.
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Williams meets 100 percent of demonstrated need, with no loans or work-study expectation. And we’re one of only a few colleges in the country that guarantees free textbooks and course materials to all students receiving financial aid. All financial aid from Williams comes in the form of grants from the college, along with federal and state support. These grants do not need to be repaid.
FALL 2022 Tuition and Fees History
These figures represent typical tuition for a full-time undergraduate student for the full academic year (generally September to June) plus required fees or those charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (for example, registration, health, or activity fees). Optional fees such as parking and laboratory use are not included.
Our Graduates
Percentage of Students Who Graduate
Percentages are for full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered this institution in the summer or fall of 2015 and completed their degree at this institution by the fall of 2021.
Within 4 Years
85%
Within 5 Years
92%
Within 6 Years
94%
Number of Degrees Awarded in 2021
Numbers are for degrees awarded between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021.
Bachelor’s:
Bachelor’s degrees are any degrees that normally require at least four but not more than five years of full-time equivalent college-level work. This includes ALL bachelor’s degrees awarded in a five-year cooperative (work-study plan) program which provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government and thus allows students to combine actual work experience with their college studies. Also, it includes bachelor’s degrees in which the normal four years of work are completed in three years.
Master’s:
Master’s degrees require the successful completion of a program of study of at least the full-time equivalent of one but not more than two academic years of study beyond the bachelor’s degree. Some of these degrees, such as those in Theology (ex., M.Div., M.H.L./Rav) that were formerly classified as first-professional degrees, may require more than two full-time equivalent academic years of work.
Doctoral
Doctoral degrees are the highest award a student can earn for graduate study. There are three categories of Doctoral degrees:
- Doctor's degree-research/scholarship: Requires advanced work beyond the master's level, including the preparation and defense of a dissertation based on original research, or the planning and execution of an original project demonstrating substantial artistic or scholarly achievement.
- Doctor's degree-professional practice: A doctor's degree that is conferred upon completion of a program providing the knowledge and skills for the recognition, credential, or license required for professional practice. The degree is awarded after a period of study such that the total time to the degree, including both pre-professional and professional preparation, equals at least six full-time equivalent academic years. Some of these degrees were formerly classified as first-professional and may include: Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.); Dentistry (D.D.S. OR D.M.D.); Law (L.L.B. or J.D.); Medicine (M.D.); Optometry (O.D.); Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.); Pharmacy (Pharm.D.); Podiatry (D.P.M., Pod.D., D.P.); or, Vetrinary Medicine (D.V.M.), and others, as designated by the awarding institution.
- Doctor's degree-other: A doctor's degree that does not meet the definition of a doctor's degree-research/scholarship or a doctor's degree-professional practice.
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About Our Faculty
Faculty Information
Student Faculty Ratio: Ratios are for full-time equivalent students to full-time equivalent instructional faculty for the fall of 2021. Full-time equivalent equals all the full-time individuals plus one-third of the part-time individuals. Faculty and students in stand-alone graduate programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students are not included in the ratio calculations. Undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants are not included as faculty.
Full-Time Faculty with Highest Degree: Full-time instructional faculty in the fall of 2021 who held a doctorate, first professional, or the highest degree available in their field. Instructional faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research.
Student Faculty Ratio: 7:1
Full-time Faculty with highest degree: 99%
Undergraduate Class Size
Undergraduate Class Size:This table reports on the number of classes by class size that was offered in the fall of 2021.
Number of Classes:This is the number of classes per semester. A class is an organized course offered for credit, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion section. Not included in this table is distance learning classes, noncredit classes, individual instruction such as thesis research and music instruction, independent studies, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes.
| Number of Students |
2-19 |
20-39 |
40-99 |
100+ |
Total |
| Number of Classes |
423 |
115 |
35 |
2 |
575 |
Life on Campus
Nestled in the heart of the Berkshires, the Williams campus offers resources ranging from an experimental forest to a state-of-the-art performance venue. As Henry David Thoreau wrote of Williams in 1844, “It would be no small advantage if every college were thus located at the base of a mountain.” For more details, visit williams.edu/admission-aid/student-life/
What it's Like on Our Campus
Percent of Freshmen Who Live on Campus is for freshmen enrolled in fall 2022.
Percent of Undergraduates Who Live on Campus is for all degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in fall 2022.
Freshmen who live on campus
99%
Undergraduates who live on campus
93%
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