Williams College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Williams College is a private, liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in the year 1793 and became coeducational in 1970. Williams is part of the historic Little Three colleges. The college includes three divisions which are humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Williams offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. The main campus spreads across an area of 450 acres.

Williams hosts several on-campus clubs and organizations based on the varied interests of the students. Some of the popular organizations are the Williams African Students Organization, Williams Community Building Program, Williams Competitive Eating Organization, and Musical Pedagogy Association.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, art studies, science, liberal arts, and religion and philosophy.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Selective admissions.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,072 in 2009-2010 (2,107 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 98% of enrolled students and graduate students are 2%.

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Williams College provides on-campus housing for 1,918 of its 2,107 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the New England Small College Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Williams College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate, Arts & Sciences Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (55 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (17 awarded)

• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (3 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

FINE ARTS (11 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (288 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Development Economics and International Development
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (23 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (17 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (92 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (36 awarded)

• Psychology