Updated February 11, 2025

Williams College – Acceptance Rate and Statistics

What is attending Williams College like?

A small liberal arts college set in the Massachusetts Berkshires, Williams embraces small class sizes, experiential learning, and research opportunities. As a rural campus, the campus is beautiful and there are plenty of nearby hiking trails for the outdoors-inclined. But if not, there are over 150 student organizations that you can get involved in, including Charcuterie Board Club, Figure Skating Club, and Handbell Choir, just to name a few.

One unique aspect of Williams College is the tutorial: a class with only two students in it. Each week, the students produce a piece (like an essay, report, or piece of art) and critique each other’s work. A professor oversees this process throughout the semester. Over half of Williams students participate in a tutorial during their time at the college.

---

Williams College 2023-2024 Admissions Data

Williams College Admissions Statistics

Although Williams College offers both an Early Decision and Regular Decision admissions cycle, the vast majority of students apply during Regular Decision. Combined, the acceptance rate is 7.5%. 

Williams College’s Early Decision is binding, so if you apply early, make sure that Williams is definitely the school for you.

Although thousands of students were waitlisted during last year’s admissions process, Williams College’s site says the college usually invites around 25 students to join the class from their waiting list.

2023-2024 Williams College (Class of 2028) Acceptance Rate

Admission Cycle	Number of applicants	Number admitted	Waitlisted	Acceptance rate
Early Decision	1,068	249	N/A	23.3%
Regular Decision	14,100	899	N/A	6.4%
All Applicants	15,411	1,159	2,300	7.5%

Williams College Acceptance Rate History

Year	Number of applicants	Number admitted	Acceptance rate
2023-2024 (Class of 2028)	15,411	1,159	7.5%
2022-2023 (Class of 2027)	15,321	1,302	8.5%
2021-2022 (Class of 2026)	12,452	1,099	8.8%
2020-2021 (Class of 2025)	8,744	1,322	15.1%
2019-2020 (Class of 2024)	9,715	1,224	12.6%

Williams Class of 2027 Middle 50% score range of admitted students (25th and 75th percentiles)*

SAT Math	740-770
SAT ERW	730-760
ACT Math	31-33
ACT English	34-35
ACT Composite	33-34
SAT Composite	1480-1520

*What does this mean? The middle 50% score range refers to students from the 25th to the 75th percentile of admitted students. So if 100 students were admitted and we ranked their SAT scores from lowest to highest, we’d be looking at 50 students’ stats (from student 25 through student 75).

---

What is Williams looking for?

Although the admissions process varies from candidate to candidate, Williams’ admissions website emphasizes some key traits that their “smart, caring, creative, and ambitious students” possess:

• Creative thinkers
• Students with diverse opinions
• People who embrace intellectual challenges.
• People committed to bringing as much to the community as they’ll gain from it

You can demonstrate your unique perspective through your essays, academic profile, teacher recommendations, and activities.

Other colleges you may be interested in:

College Name	Number of applicants (Class of 2028)	Number admitted (Class of 2028)	Acceptance rate (Class of 2028)
Swarthmore College	13,065	975	7.5%
Amherst College	13,743	1,238	9%
Pomona College	12,249	811	6.6%

---

PrepMaven can help you in the admissions process

Wondering how to get into Williams College? PrepMaven can help you along the way. Whether you’re looking to boost your test scores, write a killer personal statement, or improve your GPA, we can be a helpful resource. With tutors who are graduates of top universities, valedictorians, National Merit Finalists, and National AP Scholars, we’re here to help you no matter what step you’re at in the admissions process.

Give us a call at 609-945-2264 or fill out our website form to learn how our flexible packages can work for you.

---