Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Williams

At Williams College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 12.44%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 35.95%, and the 2024 yield is 46.99%.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 12.44%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.00% at Williams College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 12.94% and women students' rate is 11.99%.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	17.02%	17.76%	16.38%
2014-15	19.32% 2.30%	20.87% 3.11%	17.91% 1.54%
2015-16	17.61% -1.71%	18.70% -2.17%	16.59% -1.33%
2016-17	17.61% 0.00%	18.14% -0.56%	17.13% 0.54%
2017-18	14.58% -3.03%	15.73% -2.41%	13.55% -3.58%
2018-19	12.97% -1.61%	12.86% -2.88%	13.07% -0.48%
2019-20	12.60% -0.37%	12.86% 0.01%	12.37% -0.70%
2020-21	15.12% 2.52%	15.44% 2.58%	14.83% 2.46%
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-
2023-24	10.00% -	10.01% -	10.00% -
Average	12.44%	12.94%	11.99%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 35.95% where the current academic year yield is 46.99%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Williams College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45.47%	43.99%	46.86%
2014-15	44.75% -0.72%	43.61% -0.38%	45.96% -0.90%
2015-16	45.46% 0.71%	45.18% 1.57%	45.76% -0.20%
2016-17	44.96% -0.50%	47.92% 2.74%	42.13% -3.63%
2017-18	43.74% -1.22%	47.81% -0.11%	39.51% -2.62%
2018-19	42.98% -0.75%	44.54% -3.26%	41.63% 2.12%
2019-20	44.61% 1.62%	42.71% -1.83%	46.30% 4.67%
2020-21	36.46% -8.15%	38.69% -4.02%	34.36% -11.94%
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-
2023-24	46.99% -	49.04% -	47.00% -
Average	35.95%	36.68%	35.41%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,848, the average number of admitted is 1,005, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 440.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,069	1,203	547
2014-15	6,316 -10.65%	1,220 1.41%	546 -0.18%
2015-16	6,883 8.98%	1,212 -0.66%	551 0.92%
2016-17	6,985 1.48%	1,230 1.49%	553 0.36%
2017-18	8,593 23.02%	1,253 1.87%	548 -0.90%
2018-19	9,560 11.25%	1,240 -1.04%	533 -2.74%
2019-20	9,715 1.62%	1,224 -1.29%	546 2.44%
2020-21	8,744 -9.99%	1,322 8.01%	482 -11.72%
2021-22	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-
2023-24	11,465-	1,147-	539-
Average	6,848	1,005	440

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Williams College and similar schools.