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W&M by Numbers
Okay, it's bragging time.
Rankings
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
- Undergraduate Business Program ranked 1st in the nation for sustainability (2011)
- Undergraduate Business Program ranked 23rd overall and 8th among public universities (2011)
(The) Chronicle of Higher Education
- W&M maintained the second highest graduation rate in the nation among public research institutions (2010)
Financial Times
- W&M Mason School of Business ranked 86th among all business schools and in the top 50 of all national business schools considered in ranking (2011)
Forbes: America's Best Colleges
- W&M ranked nationally as the second highest state-supported school, fifth-best public college and 49th among all public and private universities (2011)
- W&M Mason School of Business full-time MBA program ranked 41st in the country (2011)
Kiplinger
- W&M ranked fourth as a "Best Value" Among Colleges and Universities in the Nation (2012)
Newsweek/Kaplan College Guide
- W&M ranked 9th nationally for "Most Service-Minded Schools" (2010)
- W&M ranked 21st nationally for both "Most Desirable Suburban Schools" and "Best Schools for Future Power Brokers" (2010)
Princeton Review: Best Value Colleges
- W&M ranked sixth among public universities and colleges (2012)
Princeton Review: Best 373 Colleges (2011)
- W&M scored a "green rating" of 93 (on a scale from 60-99)
- W&M ranked 8th in the category of "Best College Library"
- W&M ranked 8th in the category of "Professors Get High Marks"
- W&M ranked 12th in the category of "Happiest Students"
- An undergraduate said of his/her professors, "They are the best teachers I have ever had. They are passionate about what they teach."
Princeton Review: Guide to 311 Green Colleges
- W&M listed among the country's most environmentally responsible colleges (2011)
Public Accounting Report
- Undergraduate and graduate accounting programs were ranked the best in their group for the second year in a row. Overall, William & Mary's undergraduate and graduate programs were ranked in the top 25 and the MAcc program improved its overall ranking to 22, up from 25 the previous year. (2010)
Times Higher Education
- W&M ranked 75th among universities in the world (2010)
U. S. News and World Report
- W&M ranked sixth among all public universities (2011)
- W&M ranked 31st overall among the nation's best universities (2011)
- W&M ranked 5th nationally among best colleges for "commitment to teaching" (2011)
- The School of Education ranked as tied for 43rd in the nation (2012)
- The Law School ranked as tied for 35th in the nation (2012)
- The Undergraduate Business program ranked 42nd in the nation and 25th among public universities (2011)
- The History Department’s doctoral program ranked 4th in the nation for U.S. Colonial History (2010)
Washington Monthly
- W&M ranked 1st for service and 10th overall among national universities (2010)


