Top-tier Southern liberal arts college famous for honor, commerce, journalism, and intense alumni loyalty.
- Admit rate
- 17%
- Selective
- SAT middle 50%
- 1420–1540
- of admitted students
- Avg. net price
- $48,000
- per year, after grants
- Average GPA
- 4.00
- unweighted
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Half of admitted students scored between 1420 and 1540.
Popular majors
- Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and PoliticsBusiness, Finance & Econ
- History & ClassicsHumanities & WritingStandout program
- Journalism & Mass CommunicationsSocial Sciences & LawStandout program
Highlights
- Williams School is the only fully accredited commerce school at a top-tier US liberal arts college
- Operates under one of America's oldest student-run Honor Systems with unproctored exams
- Historic colonnade campus in the Shenandoah Valley with immense Wall Street and legal pipelines
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