Williams College

Name: Williams College Common Data Set 2024-25
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Common Data Set 2024-25

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Acceptance Rate

8.3%

Applications

15,411

Admitted

1,272

Enrolled

547

SAT Composite

1500-1560

SAT Math

750-790

SAT Reading

740-780

ACT Composite

34-35

§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported

§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

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

All applicants

Applicants15,411reported count

Admits1,2728%

Class seats54743% yield

Exact admission data

Admission flow data
Path	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Class seats	Note
All applicants	15,411	1,272	8%	547	School-reported totals.

Overall yield: 43%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.

§ Application cost

Application fee: $65.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →

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

$88,665

10 yrs after enrollment

Graduation rate

94%

6-year completion

Average net price

$17,716

sticker minus grants

Median debt at grad.

$12,761

federal loans only

All Extracted Fields

§ Extraction438fields parsed from this CDS.

General Information

7 TABLES

Respondent Information

Name:CorinneGreenblatt

Title:Assistant Director of Institutional Research

Office:Office of the Provost

Mailing Address:POBox624

City/State/Zip/Country:Williamstown, MA, 01267, United States

Phone:413-597-4212

E-mail Address:cg16@williams.edu

Address Information

Name of College/University:Williams College

Mailing Address:880 Main Street

City/State/Zip/Country:Williamstown, MA, 01267, United States

Main Phone Number:413-597-3131

WWW Home Page Address:www.williams.edu

Admissions Phone Number:413-497-2211

Admissions Office Mailing Address:995 Main Street

City/State/Zip/Country:Williamstown, MA, 01267, United States

Admissions E-mail Address:admission@williams.edu

If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify:Response Text

Institutional Control

Private (nonprofit)x

Classification

Coeducational collegex

Academic Year

4-1-4x

ContinuousResponse Text

Degrees Offered

Bachelor'sx

Master'sx

DEI

If you have a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or department, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:https://diversity.williams.edu/

Enrollment And Persistence

5 TABLES

Institutional Enrollment

B1 undergraduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported gender or status.

B1 undergraduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Total
Full-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	261	278	8	Not reported
Full-time other first-year degree-seeking	4	1	1	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	701	793	24	Not reported
Full-time total degree-seeking	966	1072	33	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course undergraduates	0	0	0	Not reported
Full-time total undergraduates	966	1072	33	Not reported
Part-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	0	0	0	Not reported
Part-time other first-year degree-seeking	0	0	0	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	0	0	0	Not reported
Part-time total degree-seeking	0	0	0	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course undergraduates	17	13	0	Not reported
Part-time total undergraduates	17	13	0	Not reported
Total undergraduates	983	1085	33	Not reported

B1 graduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported gender or status.

B1 graduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time degree-seeking	16	22	0	0	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	4	7	Not reported	0	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course graduates	0	0	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total graduates	20	29	0	0	Not reported
Part-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	0	0	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	0	0	0	0	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course graduates	0	0	0	0	Not reported
Part-time total graduates	0	0	0	0	Not reported
Total graduate students	20	29	0	0	49

B1 overall enrollment

Institution-wide total enrollment by reported gender or status.

B1 overall enrollment. Institution-wide total enrollment by reported gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Unknown	Total
Grand total all students	1003	1114	33	0	2150

All

Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity

Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity. Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.
Measure	First-time first-year	Degree-seeking undergraduates	Total undergraduates
Nonresidents	60	182	189
Hispanic/Latino	85	293	293
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	40	126	127
White, non-Hispanic	233	965	976
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	0	2	2
Asian, non-Hispanic	63	258	260
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	0	0	0
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	43	155	161
Race and/or ethnicity unknown	23	90	93
Total	547	2071	2101

Persistence

B3 degrees awarded

Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.

B3 degrees awarded. Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.
Measure	Number awarded
Certificate/diploma	Not reported
Associate degrees	Not reported
Bachelor's degrees	493
Postbachelor's certificates	Not reported
Master's degrees	44
Post-master's certificates	Not reported
Doctoral degrees, research/scholarship	Not reported
Doctoral degrees, professional practice	Not reported
Doctoral degrees, other	Not reported

Graduation Rates

B4 current graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B4 current graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	106	35	392	533
Did not persist	1	0	0	1
Final cohort	Not reported	35	392	Not reported
Completed in less than four years	81	24	274	379
Completed in less than five years	16	9	89	114
Completed in less than six years	1	0	4	5
Total completers	98	33	367	498
Six-year graduation rate	93.3%	94.3%	93.6%	93.6%

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	122	42	384	548
Did not persist	0	0	0	0
Final cohort	Not reported	Not reported	384	548
Completed in less than four years	99	31	276	406
Completed in less than five years	Not reported	8	88	Not reported
Completed in less than six years	4	0	7	11
Total completers	Not reported	39 371	Not reported	Not reported
Six-year graduation rate	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

First-Time, First-Year Admission

4 TABLES

Applications

C1 first-year admissions

First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by gender or status.

C1 first-year admissions. First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by gender or status.
Measure	Men	Women	Another gender	Unknown gender	Total
Applied	7280	7256	474	401	15411
Admitted	582	638	37	15	1272
Enrolled full-time	261	278	8	0	Not reported
Enrolled part-time	0	0	0	0	Not reported
Enrolled total	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	547

Basis for Selection

selective admission for out-of-state studentsselectiveadmission for out-of-state students

selective admission to some programsselectiveadmission to someprograms

other (explain):other (explain):

First-time, first-year Profile

C9 test-score submission

Share and count of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT or ACT scores.

C9 test-score submission. Share and count of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT or ACT scores.
Measure	Percent	Number
SAT	35%	190
ACT	17%	92

C9 test-score percentiles

Reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores for enrolled first-year students.

C9 test-score percentiles. Reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores for enrolled first-year students.
Measure	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile
SAT composite	1500	1535	1560
SAT evidence-based reading and writing	740	760	780
SAT math	750	780	790
ACT composite	34	34	35
ACT math	1	7	2
ACT English	35	35	36
ACT Writing	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
ACT Science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
ACT Reading	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Other extracted fields

ACT Reading: Below 66

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:0.00

Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school GPA:75.0

Admission Policies

Amount of application fee:65

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?Yes

Transfer Admission

1 TABLE

Application for Admission

InterviewNot Required

Standardized test scoresNot Required

Academic Offerings and Policies

1 TABLE

Special Study Options

Double majorx

Independent studyx

Student-designed majorx

Study abroadx

Weekend collegeResponse Text

Student Life

5 TABLES

Percent Participating

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)87%

Percent of men who join fraternities0%

Percent of women who join sororities0%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing100%

Percent who live off campus or commute0%

Percent of students age 25 and older0%

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)85%

Percent of men who join fraternities0%

Percent of women who join sororities0%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing92%

Percent who live off campus or commute8%

Percent of students age 25 and older1%

Average Age

Average age of full-time students19

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)19

Average age of full-time students20

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)20

Activities Offered

Choral groupsx

Concert bandx

Dancex

Drama/theaterx

International Student Organizationx

Jazz bandx

Literary magazinex

Marching bandx

Model UNx

Music ensemblesx

Musical theaterx

Pep bandx

Radio stationx

Student governmentx

Student newspaperx

Student-run film societyx

Symphony orchestrax

Yearbookx

ROTC

At Cooperating InstitutionResponse Text

Name of Cooperating InstitutionResponse 'x'

At Cooperating Institutionx

Name of Cooperating InstitutionRensselaerPolytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)

Housing

Coed dormsx

Apartments for married studentsx

Special housing for disabled studentsx

Cooperative housingx

Theme housingx

Living Learning CommunitiesResponse Text

Annual Expenses

5 TABLES

Information

Please provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator:https://www.williams.edu/sfs/financial-aid-calculator/

Private Tuition

G1 undergraduate costs

Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.

G1 undergraduate costs. Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.
Measure	First-year	All undergraduates
Tuition	Tuition in $	$72,170
Tuition: in-district	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: in-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: out-of-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: nonresident	Tuition in $	Expenses in $
Required fees	Not reported	$340
Food and housing, on-campus	Not reported	$18,240
Housing only, on-campus	$9,250	$9,250
Food only, on-campus meal plan	$8,990	$8,990
Comprehensive tuition, food, and housing	Not reported	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported

Public Tuition

All Institutions Expenses

Estimated Expenses

G5 estimated expenses

Estimated books, supplies, transportation, food, housing, and personal expenses by living arrangement.

G5 estimated expenses. Estimated books, supplies, transportation, food, housing, and personal expenses by living arrangement.
Measure	Residents	Commuters living at home	Commuters not living at home
Books and supplies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Food only	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Housing only	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Food and housing total	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Transportation	850	Not reported	Not reported
Other expenses	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Financial Aid

5 TABLES

Need-based Aid Awarded

Federal$2,643,685

State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located$160,650

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$76,282,660

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$1,459,446

Total Scholarships/Grants$80,546,441

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$0

Federal Work-Study$0

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$0

Total Self-Help$0

Parent Loans$0

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.N/A

Athletic AwardsN/A

Non-need-based Aid Awarded

Federal$0

State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located$0

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$0

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$1,877,993

Total Scholarships/Grants$1,877,993

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$1,875,371

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$0

Total Self-Help$1,875,371

Parent Loans$2,301,704

Students Awarded Aid

H2 students awarded aid

Need-based aid counts, need met, and average awards by undergraduate cohort.

H2 students awarded aid. Need-based aid counts, need met, and average awards by undergraduate cohort.
Measure	First-year full-time	All undergraduates full-time	All undergraduates less-than-full-time
Degree-seeking undergraduates	547	2071	0
Applied for need-based aid	366	1222	0
Determined to have financial need	306	1092	Not reported
Awarded any aid	306	1092	Not reported
Awarded need-based scholarship or grant aid	306	Not reported	Not reported
Awarded need-based self-help aid	0	0	Not reported
Awarded non-need-based scholarship or grant aid	0	0	Not reported
Need fully met	306	1092	Not reported
Average percentage of need met	100%	100%	Not reported
Average financial aid package	$ 76,769	$ 73,746	Not reported
Average need-based scholarship or grant	$ 76,769	Not reported	Not reported
Average need-based self-help award	-	-	Not reported
Average need-based loan	-	-	Not reported

Source Type Loan

H5 student loans

Graduating first-time student loan borrowers by loan source, share of class, and average per-borrower debt.

H5 student loans. Graduating first-time student loan borrowers by loan source, share of class, and average per-borrower debt.
Measure	Number in class	Percent of class	Average per borrower
Any loan program	86	18%	$10,854
Federal loan programs	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Institutional loan programs	14	3%	$3,926
State loan programs	0	0%	$0
Private student loans	9	2%	$60,127

Aid to Nonresidents

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:123

Instructional Faculty And Class Size

3 TABLES

Instructional Faculty

I1 instructional faculty

Instructional faculty counts by full-time status and selected demographic or credential category.

I1 instructional faculty. Instructional faculty counts by full-time status and selected demographic or credential category.
Measure	Full-time	Part-time	Total
Total instructional faculty	301	55	356
Members of minority groups	100	16	116
Females	143	28	171
Males	158	27	185
Nonresidents	17	1	18
Doctorate or other terminal degree	296	46	342
Master's, but not terminal master's	5	3	8
Bachelor's degree	Not reported	4	4
Unknown or other highest degree	0	2	2
Stand-alone graduate/professional programs	1	7	317

Student to Faculty Ratio

Fall 2024 Student to Faculty ratio7

based on ____ students2,081

and ____ faculty316

Undergraduate Class Size

I3 undergraduate class size

Undergraduate class sections and subsections by enrollment size band.

I3 undergraduate class size. Undergraduate class sections and subsections by enrollment size band.
Measure	Class sections	Class subsections
2-9 students	175	26
10-19 students	178	65
20-29 students	80	14
30-39 students	33	0
40-49 students	23	0
50-99 students	11	0
100+ students	1	0
Total	501	105

Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred

1 TABLE

Associate

J degrees conferred by discipline

Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.

J degrees conferred by discipline. Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.
Measure	Certificate/diploma	Associate	Bachelor's
Agriculture	Not reported	Agriculture%	Not reported
Natural resources and conservation	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Architecture	Not reported	Architecture%	Not reported
Area, ethnic, and gender studies	Not reported	Area, ethnic, and genderstudies%	Not reported
Communication/journalism	Not reported	Communication/journalism%	Not reported
Communication technologies	Not reported	Communication technologies%	Not reported
Computer and information sciences	Not reported	Computerand information sciences%	Not reported
Personal and culinary services	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Education	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Engineering	Not reported	Education%	Not reported
Engineering technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Family and consumer sciences	Not reported	Family and consumersciences%	Not reported
Law/legal studies	Not reported	Law/legal studies%	Not reported
English	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Liberal arts/general studies	Not reported	Liberal arts/general studies%	Not reported
Library science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Biological/life sciences	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Mathematics and statistics	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Military science and military technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Interdisciplinary studies	Not reported	Interdisciplinary studies%	Not reported
Parks and recreation	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Philosophy and religious studies	Not reported	Philosophy and religious%	Not reported
Theology and religious vocations	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Physical sciences	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Science technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Psychology	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services	Not reported	Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics%	Not reported
Public administration and social services	Not reported	Public administration and social services%	Not reported
Social sciences	Not reported	Parks and recreation%	Not reported
Construction trades	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Mechanic and repair technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Precision production	Not reported	English%	Not reported
Transportation and materials moving	Not reported	Transportation and materials moving%	Not reported
Visual and performing arts	Not reported	Health professions and related programs%	Not reported
Health professions and related programs	Not reported	Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services%	Not reported
Business/marketing	Not reported	Business/marketing%	Not reported
History	Not reported	History%	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

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How the class gets assembled.

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