Enrollment Trends at Williams

The student population at Williams College is 2,164 (2,115 undergraduate and 49 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7 (0.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Williams is 97.74% which is decreased by 4 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 3 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 90 male students for every 100 female students, down from 95 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Williams College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,152 where 2,164 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,224 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,987 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,171 to 2,164 students, a net loss of 7 (0.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Williams College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,171	2,119	1,035	1,084	52	25	27
2016-17	2,150 -21	2,093 -26	1,073 38	1,020 -64	57 5	23 -2	34 7
2017-18	2,134 -16	2,080 -13	1,091 18	989 -31	54 -3	23	31 -3
2018-19	2,149 15	2,095 15	1,089 -2	1,006 17	54	24 1	30 -1
2019-20	2,150 1	2,094 -1	1,054 -35	1,040 34	56 2	24	32 2
2020-21	1,987 -163	1,962 -132	977 -77	985 -55	25 -31	10 -14	15 -17
2021-22	2,224 237	2,174 212	1,045 68	1,129 144	50 25	22 12	28 13
2022-23	2,222 -2	2,169 -5	1,025 -20	1,144 15	53 3	22	31 3
2023-24	2,168 -54	2,112 -57	1,026 1	1,086 -58	56 3	24 2	32 1
2024-25	2,164 -4	2,115 3	1,005 -21	1,110 24	49 -7	20 -4	29 -3
Average	2,152	2,101	1,042	1,059	51	22	29

Williams College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,101 where 2,115 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Williams College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,119	2,083	1,020	1,063	36	15	21
2016-17	2,093	2,058	1,058	1,000	35	15	20
2017-18	2,080	2,047	1,079	968	33	12	21
2018-19	2,095	2,042	1,057	985	53	32	21
2019-20	2,094	2,043	1,029	1,014	51	25	26
2020-21	1,962	1,917	956	961	45	21	24
2021-22	2,174	2,135	1,032	1,103	39	13	26
2022-23	2,169	2,146	1,014	1,132	23	11	12
2023-24	2,112	2,070	1,009	1,061	42	17	25
2024-25	2,115	2,085	988	1,097	30	17	13
Average	2,101	2,101	1,024	1,038	2,101	18	21

Williams College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 51 where 49 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Williams College since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	52	52	25	27	0	0
2016-17	57	57	23	34	0	0
2017-18	54	54	23	31	0	0
2018-19	54	54	24	30	0	0
2019-20	56	56	24	32	0	0
2020-21	25	25	10	15	0	0
2021-22	50	50	22	28	0	0
2022-23	53	52	22	30	1	1
2023-24	56	56	24	32	0	0
2024-25	49	49	20	29	0	0
Average	51	51	22	29	51	0

Williams College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.89% and the percentage of black students is 5.91% at Williams College. 12.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.39% to 45.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 11.24% to 12.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.28% to 5.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.25% to 13.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7465 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6782 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Williams College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	4	244	158	266	0	1,159	134
2016-17	2	264	154	256	0	1,139	125
2017-18	3	257	171	270	0	1,089	117
2018-19	4	261	169	274	0	1,079	108
2019-20	3	257	146	278	1	1,051	122
2020-21	1	278	133	259	1	913	125
2021-22	1	289	103	260	0	1,096	144
2022-23	0	293	112	277	1	1,056	166
2023-24	1	293	108	291	0	1,016	169
2024-25	2	263	128	299	0	993	162
Average	2	270	138	273	0	1,059	137

Williams College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Williams

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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