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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

programgradsearn 5 yrdebt
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

  • sticker
  • 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.