Williams College acceptance rate and admissions profile

Williams College, a private college in Massachusetts, reports a 8% acceptance rate and sits in the most selective band. In practice that means it admits roughly one in ten applicants or fewer, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Williams College weighs, where it ranks among Massachusetts schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1530, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

The factors that carry the most weight at Williams College are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and application essay. At this level of selectivity, the difference between admits is rarely the transcript alone; essays, recommendations, and a coherent story matter. These ratings come from Williams College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 36 Massachusetts schools we track, Williams College ranks #4 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Harvard University (4%) and Northeastern University (5%) sit nearby, which makes Massachusetts a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Williams College often weigh Northwestern University, Rice University, and Cornell University, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.