William & Mary

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for William & Mary

William & Mary operates as a public institution located in Williamsburg, Virginia (suburb: small), with a total reported enrollment of 7,055 students of which 7,465 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. William & Mary is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 34.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,473 and an ACT midpoint of 33. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,096, with published in-state tuition of $25,914 and a Pell grant recipient share of 12.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 90.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 94.6%. Graduates earn a median of $73,490 ten years after enrolling, compared with $62,959 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 123200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 76.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.