Private nonprofit · College
William James College
Newton, Massachusetts · Small city
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William James College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Newton, Massachusetts (small city setting), enrolling 39 undergraduates.
About Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Newton was originally part of "the newe towne", which was settled in 1630 and renamed Cambridge in 1638. The first English settlement of what is now Newton began in 1639. It became a city on January 5, 1874. Newton is known as The Garden City. The Joanne Langione Dance Center, an American youth dance school was founded in 1976. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 9 miles to Boston, MA
- To the ocean
- 8 miles
- Nearest airport
- 11 miles to Boston Logan (BOS) · major hub
How William James College compares
Lower than 98%
Larger than 3%
Percentiles compare William James College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Massachusetts.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate394%
- Graduate92896%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White41%
- Black18%
- Hispanic26%
- Asian5.1%
- Other or multiracial10%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 39
- Graduate enrollment
- 928
- Student–faculty ratio
- 3 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 86%
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $86,382
- Endowment
- $1,023,784
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- Students with federal loans
- 67%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (967 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 19°F
- Annual rain
- 49.4″
- Annual snow
- 45.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Jamaica Plain, MA US station (4.1 mi from campus).
What William James College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.