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Williams College

Williams College
33 Stetson Court
Williamstown, MA, 01267

P: 413-597-2211
F: 413-597-4052
http://www.williams.edu/

Fast Facts

Williams offers the best in a college education. With a committed and accomplished faculty, more than 30 majors, exciting events and student groups and a breathtaking campus, Williams College is a highly ranked liberal arts school regarded as one of the finest in the country. When visiting in 1844, Henry David Thoreau remarked, “It would be no small advantage if every college were thus located at the base of a mountain.” Williams, resting in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock, is a small college with a far-reaching name. Respected and revered by academia, this co-educational school, founded in 1793, has produced 37 Rhodes Scholars, more than any other liberal arts college in the country.

STUDENT PROFILE

# of degree-seeking undergraduates   1,997
% male/female                                              50/50
% African American                                           10
% American Indian or Alaska Native         <1
% Asian or Pacific Islander                              11
% Hispanic                                                      9
% White                                                         61
% International                                                7
% Pell grant recipients                             13.3

First-generation and minority alums Mayda del Valle ‘00, youngest-ever winner, National Poetry Slam Contest, voted one of 37 young innovators by Smithsonian magazine in 2007; Aaron Jenkins, former legislative aide for U.S. Senator John Kerry, now a director of educational access in Washington DC.

ACADEMICS

full-time faculty                                    267
full-time minority faculty          50
student-faculty ratio                 7:1
average class size                       15
% first-year retention rate        97
% graduation rate (6 years)     96

Popular majors Art/Art Studies, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Research Sciences

CAMPUS LIFE

% live on campus (% freshmen) 96(100)

Multicultural student clubs and organizations Asian American Students in Action, South Asian Student Organization, Chinese American Student Organization, Koreans of Williams, Students of Mixed Heritage, VISTA (Latino/a Student Organization), Williams Black Student Union, Minority Coalition

Athletics NCAA Division III, New England Small College Athletic ConferenceMore on Athletics...

ADMISSIONS

# of applicants                                    6,633
% accepted                                                18
# of first-year students enrolled           550
SAT Critical Reading range          660-760
SAT Math range                               660-760
SAT Writing                                                n/a
ACT range                                           29-33
average HS GPA                                     n/a

Deadlines

early decision application 11/10

regular admission 1/1

application fee (online) $60($60)
fee waiver for applicants with financial need yes

COST & AID

tuition                                                                 $41,190
room & board                                                    $10,906
total need-based institutional
   scholarships/grants                              $32,372,041
% of students apply for
   need-based aid                                         57
% of students receive aid                                       100
% receiving need-based scholarship
   or grant aid                                                 100
% receiving aid whose need was
   fully met                                      100
average aid package                                        $37,857
average student loan debt

upon graduation $9,214

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