Williams College

Williamstown, MA

According to its mission statement, Williams College "pursues a bold ambition: To provide the best possible liberal arts education. If the goal is immodest, it is also bracing: Elevating the sights and standards of every member of the community, encouraging them to keep faith with the challenge inscribed on the College’s gates: “climb high, climb far." [Source]

Website: http://www.williams.edu/

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2,174
Undergraduate
Enrollment

85%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$59,660
Tuition & Fees
(annually)

6:1
Student to Faculty Ratio

General Education Requirements

Composition

YES

Literature

Foreign Language

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

HALF

Science

HALF

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

A yellow light institution maintains policies that could be interpreted to suppress protected speech or policies that, while clearly restricting freedom of speech, restrict relatively narrow categories of speech.

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Curriculum last evaluated: 9/28/2022

2021-22 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.