William & Mary Business Programs

Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, William & Mary is a public institution. Williamsburg is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

William & Mary Rankings

William & Mary landed the #70 spot in our 2023 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 1,477 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #7 out of 44 schools in Virginia.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

William & Mary has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#31	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#80	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at William & Mary.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#11	Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#51	Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#58	Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards William & Mary has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#48	Best General Economics Schools	College Factual
#69	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#70	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#107	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#109	Best Schools	Course Advisor
#137	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual

Where Is William & Mary?

Contact details for William & Mary are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	200 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Phone:	757-221-4000
Website:	www.wm.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/williamandmary
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/williamandmary

How Do I Get Into William & Mary?

You can apply to William & Mary online at: https://www.wm.edu/admission/

Admission Requirements for William & Mary

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into William & Mary?

William & Mary has a fairly low acceptance rate of 42%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 46%, and the acceptance rate for women is 40%.

Average Test Scores

About 77% of students accepted to William & Mary submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 740. Math scores were between 640 and 750.

William & Mary received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

Can I Afford William & Mary?

The overall average net price of William & Mary is $48,465. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At William & Mary, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $10,462 a year. That adds up to $41,848 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at William & Mary is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

William & Mary Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,236 undergraduate students at William & Mary, with 6,131 being full-time and 105 being part-time.

There are also 2,703 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,131 full-time undergraduates at William & Mary, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of William & Mary students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	557
Black or African American	430
Hispanic or Latino	537
White	3,632
International Students	292
Other Races/Ethnicities	683

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at William & Mary. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 73 countries are represented at William & Mary. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at William & Mary

In 2019-2020, 8,363 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at William & Mary has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 36th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of William & Mary

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at William & Mary was $23,628 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $46,854. The following table shows how William & Mary is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Management Science	#25	#80
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#62	#132

Online Growth Rankings of William & Mary

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at William & Mary was 188.4%. This is the #241 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at William & Mary regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at William & Mary ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at William & Mary.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Management Science	#8
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#11

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

William & Mary Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	190	0	329	519
General Economics	127	0	0	127
Management Science	0	15	108	123
Accounting	0	0	71	71
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	317	15	508	840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jrcla2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.