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Colleges similar to Williams College

15 schools closest to Williams College (Trajecta Score 85) — neighbors in Massachusetts first, then the closest schools nationally by Trajecta Score, a 0–100 measure built from College Scorecard and IPEDS data.

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Colleges similar to Williams College, compared
# College Location Admit rate SAT range Avg net price Earnings (10yr) Score
— Williams College (this school) Williamstown, MA 8% 1490–1570 $17,716 $89k 85
1 Harvard University Elite Cambridge, MA 4% 1510–1580 $19,066 $102k 88
2 Amherst College Elite Amherst, MA 9% 1490–1580 $23,367 $78k 82
3 Wellesley College Highly Selective Wellesley, MA 14% 1460–1560 $25,496 $85k 81
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Elite Cambridge, MA 5% 1520–1580 $20,111 $143k 89
5 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Selective Needham, MA 25% 1493–1558 $25,171 $129k 80
6 Northeastern University Elite Boston, MA 5% 1440–1540 $30,915 $93k 78
7 Brown University Elite Providence, RI 5% 1510–1580 $25,184 $93k 85
8 Columbia University in the City of New York Elite New York, NY 4% 1510–1580 $21,590 $102k 85
9 University of Pennsylvania Elite Philadelphia, PA 5% 1510–1570 $28,699 $111k 86
10 Duke University Elite Durham, NC 6% 1500–1570 $29,612 $98k 85
11 Vanderbilt University Elite Nashville, TN 6% 1500–1570 $15,846 $92k 86
12 Johns Hopkins University Elite Baltimore, MD 6% 1520–1570 $18,809 $88k 86
13 University of California-Berkeley Highly Selective Berkeley, CA 11% — $13,481 $92k 84
14 University of California-Los Angeles Elite Los Angeles, CA 9% — $12,548 $83k 84
15 Cornell University Elite Ithaca, NY 9% 1500–1570 $28,690 $104k 84

How these are picked: schools in Massachusetts with the closest Trajecta Score come first, then the closest schools nationally — deterministic, from College Scorecard / IPEDS data, never opinion surveys. SAT ranges are 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled students; net price is the average across aid recipients. How the ranking works →

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