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The College of William & Mary

College of William & Mary in Virginia
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The College of William & Mary Coat of Arms
Latin: Collegium Gulielmi et Mariae in Virginia
Type Royal (1693–1776)
Private (1776–1906)
Public (1906–present)
Research university
Established 1693 (1693)
Affiliation ORAU
URA
Endowment $803.7 million(2016)
Chancellor Robert M. Gates '65
President W. Taylor Reveley III
Provost Michael R. Halleran
Rector Todd Stottlemyer
Academic staff
595
Students 8,484 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 6,301 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates 2,183 (Fall 2015)
Location Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Campus Suburban
1,200 acres (4.9 km2)
Colors W&M Green, W&M Gold, Spirit Gold & W&M Silver
                   
Athletics NCAA Division ICAA
Nickname Tribe
Mascot Griffin
Website www.wm.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 38
U.S. News & World Report 32
Washington Monthly 43
Global
QS 551-600
Times 251–300
U.S. News & World Report 569

The College of William & Mary in Virginia (also known as William & Mary, or W&M) is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Royally founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States after Harvard University, and the oldest in the American South.

William & Mary educated U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler as well as other key figures important to the development of the nation, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Speaker of the House Henry Clay, sixteen members of the Continental Congress, and four signers of the Declaration of Independence, earning it the nickname "the Alma Mater of the Nation." A young George Washington also received his surveyor's license through the College. W&M students founded the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society in 1776 and W&M was the first school of higher education in the United States to install an honor code of conduct for students. The establishment of graduate programs in law and medicine in 1779 makes it one of the first universities in the United States.


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