William & Mary acceptance rate and admissions statistics
William & Mary admitted 6,245 of 16,895 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 37.0%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into William & Mary counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
William & Mary acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 16,895 | 6,245 | 37.0% | 1,639 | 26.2% |
| 2024-25 | 17,798 | 6,064 | 34.1% | 1,614 | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 17,548 | 5,741 | 32.7% | 1,619 | 28.2% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at William & Mary
William & Mary waitlist
William & Mary SAT and ACT scores
What William & Mary says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors William & Mary rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, State residency, Volunteer work, Work experience
- Important: None recorded
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, State residency, Volunteer work, Work experience
- Important: None recorded
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Recommendations, Standardized test scores, Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, State residency, Volunteer work, Work experience
- Important: None recorded
William & Mary testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test optional: submitting SAT or ACT is "a completely optional component of your application". Scores are superscored and are not needed for merit consideration. The page names no end date.
From William & Mary’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
2025-26 figures are from the Section C document; 2024-25 and 2023-24 are published as spreadsheets. The 2023-24 totals are the sums of the men and women columns. C7 rates test scores Considered in 2025-26 and Very Important in the earlier years.
William & Mary acceptance rate questions
- What is the William & Mary acceptance rate?
- William & Mary's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 16,895 first-year applicants and 6,245 admitted, an acceptance rate of 37.0%. It was 34.1% in 2024-25 and 32.7% in 2023-24.
- What is the William & Mary early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 735 of 1,477 early decision applicants were admitted (49.8%), against 37.0% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do William & Mary students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1390 to 1520, and ACT submitters scored 32 to 34. 48.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the William & Mary waitlist?
- In 2025-26, William & Mary offered 4,085 applicants a place on the waitlist; 1,901 accepted one, and 103 were admitted from it.
- Does William & Mary require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test optional: submitting SAT or ACT is "a completely optional component of your application". Scores are superscored and are not needed for merit consideration. The page names no end date.
Applying to William & Mary?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what William & Mary says it weighs.
Source: William & Mary Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with William & Mary. All official acceptance rates