Williams College, Massachusetts
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| Motto | E liberalitate E. Williams, armigeri (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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"Through the Generosity of E. Williams, Esquire" |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1793 |
| Endowment | US$2.568 billion (2017) |
| President | Maud Mandel |
| Provost | David Love |
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Academic staff
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349 (Fall 2017) |
| Undergraduates | 2,042 (Fall 2017) |
| Postgraduates | 57 (Fall 2017) |
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Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S. 42°42′47″N 73°12′11″W / 42.713°N 73.203°WCoordinates: 42°42′47″N 73°12′11″W / 42.713°N 73.203°W |
| Campus | Rural, college town; total 450 acres |
| Colors | Purple and gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – NESCAC |
| Nickname | Ephs |
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| Mascot | The Purple Cow |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 13 |
| Liberal arts colleges | |
| U.S. News & World Report | 1 |
| Washington Monthly | 4 |
Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established 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. The college was ranked first in 2017 in the U.S. News & World Report's liberal arts ranking for the 15th consecutive year, and third among liberal art colleges in the 2017 Forbes magazine ranking of America's Top Colleges.
Williams is on a 450-acre (1.8 km2) campus in Williamstown, in the Berkshires in rural northwestern Massachusetts. The campus contains more than 100 academic, athletic, and residential buildings. There are 349 voting faculty members, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 7:1. As of 2017[update], the school has an enrollment of 2,042 undergraduate students and 57 graduate students. The college competes in the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference, and competes in the conference as the Ephs.
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, as there are two graduate programs in development economics and art history. The College maintains affiliations with the nearby Clark Art Institute and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and is the only institution of higher education in America to own buildings and property at Exeter College, Oxford University. Undergraduate admissions is highly selective, with an acceptance rate of 12.1% for the Class of 2022.
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