William & Mary GPA requirements & acceptance rate
Average GPA, acceptance rate and SAT/ACT ranges for William & Mary, all from its own Common Data Set 2025-26, plus a quick estimate of your chances.
What are my chances at William & Mary?
Enter your unweighted GPA to see an estimate.
What GPA do you need to get into William & Mary?
William & Mary’s own Common Data Set (2025-26, item C12) reports an average high school GPA of 4.34 for its enrolled first-year students (88% of them submitted one). A figure above 4.0 cannot be an unweighted 4.0-scale average, so compare it with your weighted GPA, not your unweighted one. Source: William & Mary Common Data Set 2025-26, item C12.
William & Mary acceptance rate
William & Mary’s Common Data Set 2025-26 (item C1) reports 16,895 first-time, first-year applicants for fall 2025 and 6,245 admitted, an acceptance rate of 37%. That makes William & Mary selective — competitive. GPA is only one piece: William & Mary also weighs the rigor of your courses, essays, recommendations and activities, and test scores where it considers them.
William & Mary SAT and ACT scores
The middle 50% of William & Mary’s enrolled first-year students who submitted scores had SAT 1390–1520 and ACT 32–34 (25th to 75th percentile, Common Data Set 2025-26, item C9). A score at or above the 75th percentile puts you in the top quarter of enrolled students who reported one.
| Test | 25th | 50th | 75th | Submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT composite | 1390 | 1450 | 1520 | 47.7% |
| ACT composite | 32 | 33 | 34 | 14.2% |
William & Mary admissions at a glance
| First-year applicants (fall 2025) | 16,895 |
| Admitted | 6,245 |
| Acceptance rate | 37% |
| Average high school GPA | 4.34 |
| Submitted a GPA | 88% |
| SAT composite, 25th–75th | 1390–1520 |
| ACT composite, 25th–75th | 32–34 |
| Common Data Set year | 2025-26 |
Source: William & Mary Common Data Set 2025-26 · William & Mary’s Common Data Set page, items C1 (applicants and admits), C9 (SAT/ACT) and C12 (GPA), read October 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the college’s own Common Data Set; none is from a third-party website.
Estimate your odds
The estimator above starts from William & Mary’s acceptance rate and moves it up or down with your GPA and SAT. It is a rough guide, not a prediction: it does not see your essays, course rigor or major. To plan the grades you need, try the college GPA calculator and the target GPA planner.
How to strengthen your application
Beyond the GPA range, focus on what you can still move: take the most challenging courses your school offers, keep your grades trending upward, prepare for the SAT or ACT if William & Mary considers them, and write essays that show genuine fit.