William & Mary

2025-26

The 2025-26 Common Data Set for William & Mary — admissions, cost, and aid, as the school published them. Download the original file. See the school's page for these reports. File date from the archived file's embedded modification date: Nov 19, 2025. Subscribe via RSS.

In its 2025-26 report, William & Mary says 16,895 first-year students applied and 6,245 were admitted, an acceptance rate of 37%. 1,639 admitted students enrolled (26% yield). Enrolled students who sent scores had a middle-50% SAT of 1390–1520 and ACT of 32–34. Early decision: 727 of 1,477 applicants admitted (49%). Waitlist: 4,085 offered a spot, 1,901 accepted one, and 103 admitted from it. Compared with 2024-25, applications fell 5.1% (17,798 to 16,895), the acceptance rate went from 34% to 37%, and the early decision admit rate went from 47% to 49%.

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First-year admissions & retention§C1 · §B22 →
Accept rate§C1
37.0%
+2.9 pts YoY6,245 of 16,895
Yield§C1
26.2%
−0.4 pts YoY1,639 enrolled
Applications§C1
16,895
Admitted§C1
6,245
Enrolled§C1
1,639
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

Early Decision offeredNo Early Action reportedSecond binding round indicated; ED rate is blended.
Likely ED share of class44%727 ED admits / 1,639 enrolled first-years
ED admit-rate multiple1.4x49% ED vs 36% all other rounds
Seats left after ED912of 1,639 enrolled first-year seats
All-other admit rate36%5,518 admitted from 15,418 applicants
§ Adjusted admission flow

Applicants, admits, and class seats use separate stage scales so Early Decision and all other rounds stay readable.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

Early Decision
Applicants1,477reported count
Admits72749%
Class seats727assumes ED admits enroll
All other rounds
Applicants15,418reported count
Admits5,51836%
Class seats91217% estimated yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
Early Decision1,47772749%727Likely class seats assume ED admits enroll.
All other rounds15,4185,51836%912All other rounds are residual CDS totals, not exact Regular Decision.
Class-seat estimate assumes ED admits enroll. CDS does not report confirmed ED enrollment, so likely ED class seats are calculated as the smaller of ED admits and enrolled first-years.
Overall yield: 26%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
Read the ED rate carefully. Published ED rates can include recruited athletes, legacy applicants, and institutional-priority applicants. The general-pool ED rate can be lower.
§ Wait list attrition

47% joined after being offered a spot. 5% of students who joined were admitted. 24% of applicants were offered the wait list.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spot4,085
Accepted a wait-list spot1,901
Admitted from wait list103
Joined after being offered47%
Admitted after joining5%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Application cost

Application fee: $75. Fee waivers are reported as available.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Federal outcomes

Federal outcomes

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.

Median earnings
SCORECARD
$73,490
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
SCORECARD
89%
6-year completion
Average net price
SCORECARD
$19,096
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
SCORECARD
$18,500
federal loans only
Nonpayment
FSA
4%
as-of late May 2026 · not the official cohort default rate

Nonpayment is the share of Direct Loan borrowers who entered repayment January 2020–May 2025 and were 90+ days delinquent at the FSA pull. It is not the official cohort default rate.

The numbers, as published

§ This report34numbers from this report.

General Information

8 TABLES
A0 · Respondent Information
First Name:Tien-Ling
Last Name:Hu
Title:Institutional Research Analyst
Office:Office of Institutional Research
Address Line 1:Hugh Jones Hall, 200 Ukrop Way
Phone:757-221-1408
Email Address:ir@wm.edu
Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's Website?Yes
If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:https://www.wm.edu/offices/it/services/ir/university_data/cds/
A0 · Other
City:Williamsburg
A1 · Address Information
Name of College/University:William & Mary
Street Address Line 1:116 Jamestown Road
CityWilliamsburg
StateVA
Zip23,185
Main Phone Number (Area Code)757
Main Phone Number:221-4000
A1 · Admissions Office
Admissions Office Street Address (if different) Line 1:116 Jamestown Road
CityWilliamsburg
StateVA
Zip23,185
Admissions Phone Number (Area Code):757
Admissions Phone Number:221-4223
Admissions Email Address:admission@wm.edu
A2 · Institutional Control
Source of institutional control (Check only one):Public
A3 · Classification
Classify your undergraduate institution:Coeducational
A4 · Academic Year
Academic year calendar:Semester
If you have a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or department, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:https://www.wm.edu/offices/inclusive-excellence/
A5 · Degrees Offered
Bachelor'sYes
Postbachelor's certificateYes
Master'sYes
Post-master's certificateYes
Doctoral degree research/scholarshipYes
Doctoral degree – professional practiceYes

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