unitid 168342 · Williamstown, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · town (fringe)
Williams College
- enrollment 2023
- 2,355
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
8%
2nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,076
76th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
94%
finish within 150% time
96th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$84,860
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,716
after aid, aided students
26th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$88,665
after entry, Title IV students
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$12,761
6th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $-2,610 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $52,356
- First-generation students
- 22%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $68,560
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 6.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics. | 134 | $150,862 | $12,925 |
| Psychology, General. | 63 | $65,053 | $13,416 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 62 | $65,491 | $13,125 |
| Biology, General. | 59 | — | $13,454 |
| Computer Science. | 56 | $163,743 | $12,208 |
| Mathematics. | 55 | — | $13,807 |
| History. | 55 | $66,158 | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 46 | $94,412 | $10,750 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 40 | $60,801 | $11,850 |
| Chemistry. | 29 | $68,979 | $12,000 |
| Economics. | 26 | — | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 21 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.