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William & Mary

Public, four-year or above, in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

10,879
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
7,516
Undergraduates
3,363
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

1,899
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
857
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

89.0%
Graduation rate
89.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

34.0%
Applicants admitted
27.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$25,914
Tuition and fees
$45,606
Price in state, living on campus
$70,730
Price out of state, living on campus

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor296$144,138
Associate professor204$109,984
Assistant professor146$91,761
Instructor56$65,434
Lecturer1$77,224
All ranks703$116,984

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 10,879
Larger than 56% of the 859 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 89%
Higher than 98% of the 821 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $116,984
Higher than 91% of the 844 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$80,445
Median earnings four years after completing
$73,490
Median earnings ten years after entering
$18,500
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Public, four-year or above
Control
Public
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
Suburb, small
County
Williamsburg City
IPEDS ID
231624

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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