8.6%
1,336 admitted
from 15,520 apps
Applications15,520
Overall admit rate8.6%
Enrolled567 · 42.4% yield
Admitted from waitlist25 of 2,193
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#1
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#126
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#726
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#826
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#1226
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#1526
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#2626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceNew England Small College Athletic Conference10
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMassachusetts colleges25
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
$65
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/5 → 1-Apr → May 1
Early decision11/15 → 12/15 · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyTest Optional
HS units required4 Eng, 4 Math, 4 Sci, 3 SciLab, 4 FL, 4 SS
Admissions URLhttps://www.williams.edu/admission-aid/
Admissions emailadmission@williams.edu
Admissions phone413-597-2211
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Amherst College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Dartmouth College NH · Private (nonprofit)6.0%1520—
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.