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#5 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#124 Best Value Schools
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#13 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#50 Business Programs
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#40 Accounting
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#18 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#354 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#12 Top Public Schools
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#14 First-Year Experiences
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#20 Senior Capstone
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#45 Study Abroad
College of William and Mary is ranked #40 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
67
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
72
Graduation and retention rank
27
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
91%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
95%
Social Mobility Rank
354
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
88%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
92%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
95%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.8
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
54
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
89
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
87.3%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
96%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
47.3%
Classes with 50 or more students
6%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
33
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1310-1490
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
77%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
110
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
16
Average alumni giving rate
29.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
