College of William and Mary

Founded in 1693, the College of William & Mary is the second oldest American university after Harvard, and has produced many influential Americans, including George Washington, the Founding Father of the United States; Thomas Jefferson, the drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States; and William Barton Rogers, the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (who did not earn a degree). The university has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,963 (Fall 2023) and is located in a suburban area on a 1,200-acre campus. The school operates on a semester-based academic calendar. The College of William & Mary is ranked 54th in National Universities in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges. In-state tuition and fees are $26,019 and out-of-state tuition and fees are $50,752.

Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the College of William & Mary is the second oldest university in the United States, founded in 1693 by King William III and Queen Mary II of England. The university has more than 30 undergraduate programs and more than 10 graduate and professional degree programs. The university's top-ranked graduate schools include the Marshall-White School of Law (the first law school in the United States), the College of Education, and the Mason School of Business. Students can join Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, the first academic Greek society in the United States, as well as other fraternities and sororities. All freshmen are required to live on campus, and most upperclassmen choose to do so as well