Williams College

Williams College
MottoE liberalitate E. Williams, armigeri (Latin)
Motto in English
"Through the Generosity of E. Williams, Esquire"
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1793 (1793)
AccreditationNECHE
Academic affiliations
Endowment$3.66 billion (2024)[1]
PresidentMaud Mandel
ProvostEiko Maruko Siniawer
Academic staff
360 (2021)[2]
Students2,171 (2021)[2]
Undergraduates2,121 (2021)[2]
Postgraduates50 (2021)[2]
Location,
US

42°42′45″N 73°12′18″W / 42.71250°N 73.20500°W / 42.71250; -73.20500
CampusRural, college town, 450 acres (180 ha)
Colors    Purple & gold[3]
NicknameEphs
Sporting affiliations
MascotEphelia, the Purple Cow[4]
Websitewww.williams.edu

Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War in 1755.[2]

Williams's main campus is located in Williamstown, in the Berkshires in rural northwestern Massachusetts, and contains more than 100 academic, athletic, and residential buildings.[2] There are 360 voting faculty members, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 6:1. As of 2022, the school has an enrollment of 2,021 undergraduate students and 50 graduate students.[5]

Following a liberal arts curriculum, Williams College provides undergraduate instruction in 25 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs including 36 majors in the humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural sciences. Williams offers an almost entirely undergraduate instruction, though there are two graduate programs in development economics and art history. The college maintains affiliations with the nearby Clark Art Institute and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) along with a close relationship with Exeter College, Oxford. The college competes in the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference as the Ephs.

  1. ^ "U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student" (XLSX). National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). February 12, 2025. Archived from the original on February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference fastfacts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Williams Graphics Standards" (PDF). Williams College. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Williams College - Sports Information". Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference CDS2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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