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What Williams costs

Williamstown, Massachusetts · Private · 2,076 undergrads

Williams' sticker price was $89,520 a year in 2024-25 (College Scorecard). Students with federal aid paid $15,157 on average after grants; families earning under $30,000 paid $2,291.

What does Williams cost?

$15,157 a year

What students who got federal aid paid on average after grants, 2024-25. The sticker price, with housing and food, is $89,520.

Tap your family income:

Average paid after grants by family income
under $30,000$2,291
$30,000–$48,000$3,680
$48,000–$75,000$722
$75,000–$110,000$5,280
over $110,000$43,912

Own a business or have divorced parents? Run Williams's own calculator.

Net price 2024-25, College Scorecard.

By family income

Families who got federal aid, average paid per year after grants, 2024-25.

Family incomeAverage paid
Under $30,000$2,291
$30,000–$48,000$3,680
$48,000–$75,000$722
$75,000–$110,000$5,280
Over $110,000$43,912

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For families earning under $30,000, grants took 97% off Williams's sticker price.

Business owner, divorced parents, or savings? The averages can't see that; Williams' own calculator can.

Compared with colleges people also look at

For families earning $48,000–75,000, Williams cost less than Amherst, MIT and Tufts.

CollegeFamilies earning $48–75kAll aided students
Williams$722$15,157
Amherst$13,814$19,536
MIT$4,283$14,815
Tufts$16,897$38,797

The sticker price

$72,510
Tuition, 2025-26
$89,520
Full sticker price, tuition, housing, food, books
16%
of undergrads get a Pell Grant, the federal grant for lower-income students.
$68,966
average grant for students who got aid.
5.9%
of undergrads take a federal loan.
$8,000
median federal debt at graduation.

Questions people ask

How much does Williams College cost for a family earning $25,000?
Families earning under $30,000 paid $2,291 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $89,520. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Williams's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Williams College cost for a family earning $40,000?
Families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid $3,680 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $89,520. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Williams's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Williams College cost for a family earning $60,000?
Families earning $48,000–$75,000 paid $722 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $89,520. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Williams's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
Where these numbers come from

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers