Williams College Description:
Admissions Data (2008):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 17%
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 660 / 760
- SAT Math: 660 / 760
- ACT Composite: 29 / 33
Enrollment (2007):
- Total Enrollment: 2,073
- Gender Breakdown: 50% Male / 50% Female
- 98% Full-time
Costs (2008 - 09):
- Tuition and Fees: $37,640
- Books: $800
- Room and Board: $9,890
- Other Expenses: $1,200
- Total Cost: $49,530
Williams Financial Aid (2006 - 07):
- Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 46%
- Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Federal Grants: 14%
- State / Local Grants: 6%
- Institutional Grants: 46%
- Loans: 23%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Federal Grants: $4,981
- State / Local Grants: $1,738
- Institutional Grants: $29,012
- Loans: $1,949
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Williams College Statement of Mission and Purposes:
We are committed to our central endeavor of academic excellence in a community of learning that comprises students, faculty, and staff, and draws on the engagement of alumni and parents. We recruit students from among the most able in the country and abroad and select them for the academic and personal attributes they can contribute to the educational enterprise, inside and outside the classroom. Our faculty is a highly talented group of teachers, scholars, and artists committed deeply to the education of our students and to involving them in their efforts to expand human knowledge and understanding through original research, thought, and artistic expression. Dedicated staff enable this teaching and learning to take place at the highest possible level, as does the involvement and support of our extraordinarily loyal parents and alumni."
complete statement at http://www.williams.edu/home/mission.php


