Williams College
Williamstown, MA · private, nonprofit · 2,076 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Williams College field?
Williams College, in Williamstown, MA, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 10 players against 9, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Williams College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 17% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 12, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Williams College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, well below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 6.8, by 26%.
Williams College's women's tennis roster has stayed between 9 and 10 players since 2020, and stood at 9 in 2025. That 2025 roster is 14% below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 11, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division III median. Williams College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well below the New England Small College Athletic Conference median of 6.3, by 28%.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Williams College fund its athletes?
Williams College reported 700 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 355 men and 345 women, close to an even split.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $78,405 for men's sports and $64,411 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $221 and $187 per athlete.
What is Williams College like academically?
Williams College is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 8% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1533, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $84,860 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,716 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 79% of the sticker price on average.
94% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 97% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $88,665, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Williams College?
Social Sciences is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Computer & Information Sciences (11%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (10%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Economics (107 degrees)
- Psychology, General (64 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (63 degrees)
- History (53 degrees)
- Mathematics (53 degrees)
- Computer Science (49 degrees)
- Biology, General (47 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (45 degrees)
- Chemistry (39 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (37 degrees)
What is Williamstown, MA like to live in?
Williams College sits in Williamstown, a town on the edge of a metro area of about 4,352 people in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
The median household in Williamstown earns about $82,917, which is below the Massachusetts median ($101,341) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $436,900, 17% below the Massachusetts median and a typical rent of $1,244 a month is 26% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 11 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 49% of workers walk and 17% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 30% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 4.6 times the national share, and the median age of 22 is younger than the country's 39.
74% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Massachusetts average of 47%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Williams College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Williams College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, New England Small College Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, New England Small College Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Williams College?
- Williams College is in Williamstown, MA, in the New England region of the United States.
- How much does Williams College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $84,860 a year, and an average net price of $17,716 after grants and scholarships.