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Williams College

Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts

Geographical Reach National

Location Williamstown, MA

Population 80,000

Website http://www.williams.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,060

Men / Women 48% / 52%

White 40%

Hispanic 11%

Asian 9%

Mixed 9%

International 9%

Black 5%

Native American 0%

From State 11%

From Region 31%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 37%

Physical Sciences & Math 16%

Business & Economics 15%

Life & Natural Sciences 13%

Computer Science 11%

Arts 6%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $68,560

Est. Cost of Attendance $84,860

10-Year ROI $251,000

ROI Percentile 93th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%

4-Year Graduation Rate 71%

6-Year Graduation Rate 94%

Transfer-Out Rate 1%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)

Sunshine Hours 2,350 (21%)

Days Without Precipitation 231 (22%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 7%

Yield (Unbound) 29%

Early Decision 1 Nov 15

Regular Decision Jan 1

Early Decision 2 Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3

Expenditure

Humanities & Social Sciences	$1M	#283
Life & Natural Sciences	$4M	#323
Engineering, Computing & Math	$0M	#427

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 61%

SAT Range 1500 – 1540

SAT Math Range 740 – 790

SAT RW Range 740 – 770

ACT Range 33 – 35

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Williams College	493	51% / 49%	7%	$97,317		90%
Computer Science	56 +7	71% / 29%	11%	$163,743	100	96%
Astrophysics	5 —	60% / 40%	0%	$94,385	89	—
Chemistry	21 +3	43% / 57%	5%	$68,979	54	84%
Geosciences	7 +5	43% / 57%	14%	$61,485	32	—
Mathematics	29 +33	76% / 24%	14%	$131,618	99	93%
Physics	7 +6	43% / 57%	14%	$95,018	90	—
Statistics	10 +17	100% / 0%	0%	$141,095	99	—
Biology	50 +2	26% / 74%	4%	$64,050	40	81%
Environmental Studies	16 +3	44% / 56%	0%	$58,329	23	—
Economics	76 +24	75% / 25%	11%	$150,862	100	92%
African-American Studies	4 —	25% / 75%	0%	$82,843	79	—
American Studies	13 —	31% / 69%	0%	$88,619	85	96%
Anthropology	5 —	20% / 80%	0%	$75,956	69	—
Chinese	11 —	64% / 36%	0%	$61,866	33	—
Classical Languages	6 +1	50% / 50%	17%	$61,436	32	—
Comparative Literature	6 +1	17% / 83%	0%	$61,000	31	—
East Asian Studies	1 +2	0% / 100%	0%	$63,183	37	—
English	37 +5	43% / 57%	0%	$65,491	44	87%
French	— +6	—	—	$60,096	28	—
German	2 +2	50% / 50%	50%	$60,072	28	—
History	26 +10	58% / 42%	8%	$66,158	46	89%
Interdisciplinary Studies	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$82,639	79	—
Japanese	1 +2	100% / 0%	0%	$59,391	26	—
Near and Middle Eastern Studies	4 —	50% / 50%	0%	$88,619	85	96%
Philosophy	6 +8	33% / 67%	17%	$72,770	62	—
Political Science	12 +16	42% / 58%	8%	$94,412	89	94%
Psychology	— —	—	—	$68,947	54	—
Psychology	23 +28	17% / 83%	4%	$67,036	48	—
Religious Studies	4 +5	50% / 50%	0%	$61,896	33	—
Russian	— +3	—	—	$59,336	26	—
Social Sciences	12 +5	58% / 42%	0%	$75,273	67	—
Sociology	4 +5	50% / 50%	0%	$75,935	69	—
Spanish	2 +7	0% / 100%	50%	$55,054	15	86%
Women's Studies	4 +7	0% / 100%	0%	$70,354	57	—
Music	3 +3	67% / 33%	0%	$51,899	10	—
Studio Art	28 +1	25% / 75%	14%	$60,801	30	97%
Theater	1 +4	100% / 0%	0%	$45,601	4	—