Record · College
Williams College
Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Students and awards
From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.
- 2,342
- Students enrolled during the year
- Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
- 2,292
- Undergraduates
- 50
- Graduate students
From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.
- 575
- Bachelor's degrees awarded
- 0
- Associate's degrees awarded
- 38
- Master's degrees awarded
Graduation, admissions and price
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
- 94.0%
- Graduation rate
- 94.0%
- Bachelor's within six years
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
- 8.0%
- Applicants admitted
- 43.0%
- Admitted students who enrolled
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
- $68,560
- Tuition and fees
- $89,520
- Price in state, living on campus
- $89,520
- Price out of state, living on campus
Faculty pay
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
| Rank | Full-time staff | Average salary, nine-month basis |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | 130 | $178,524 |
| Associate professor | 60 | $128,425 |
| Assistant professor | 69 | $113,622 |
| Instructor | 3 | $113,371 |
| Lecturer | 13 | $129,500 |
| No academic rank | 45 | $75,485 |
| All ranks | 320 | $138,043 |
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: 2,342
- Larger than 66% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, 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: 94%
- Higher than 96% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
- Average faculty salary, all ranks: $138,043
- Higher than 96% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, 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.
- $80,487
- Median earnings four years after completing
- $88,665
- Median earnings ten years after entering
- $12,761
- Median federal debt of graduates
- 0.0%
- Three-year default rate
The college’s entry
- Sector
- Private nonprofit, four-year or above
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Grants degrees
- Yes
- Locale
- Town, fringe
- County
- Berkshire County
- IPEDS ID
- 168342
Sources
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26.
- College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data — U.S. Department of Education · retrieved June 10, 2026
U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).
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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