Editing Williams College (section)

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 17
| USNWR_LA = 1
| Wamo_LA = 4
| THE_WSJ = 174
}}

In the 2010, 2011, and 2014 ''[[Forbes]]'' college rankings, Williams was ranked the No. 1 undergraduate institution in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Best Colleges 2010 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/08/11/best-colleges-universities-rating-ranking-opinions-best-colleges-10_land.html |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154043/https://www.forbes.com/2010/08/11/best-colleges-universities-rating-ranking-opinions-best-colleges-10_land.html |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges 2011 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2011/08/03/americas-top-colleges |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154057/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2011/08/03/americas-top-colleges |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Williams was the first school to achieve three first place ''Forbes'' rankings, while placing second in 2012, 2015, and 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Best Colleges 2008 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/13/college-university-rankings-oped-college08-cx_rv_mn_0813intro.html |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154045/https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/13/college-university-rankings-oped-college08-cx_rv_mn_0813intro.html |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Best Colleges 2009 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/colleges-university-ratings-opinions-colleges-09-intro.html |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154058/https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/colleges-university-ratings-opinions-colleges-09-intro.html |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Best Colleges 2013 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2013/07/24/americas-top-colleges-2013 |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154047/https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2013/07/24/americas-top-colleges-2013 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges 2012 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2012/08/01/americas-top-colleges-2/ |website=Forbes |access-date=3 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges Ranking 2015 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2015/07/29/americas-top-colleges-2015 |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154045/https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2015/07/29/americas-top-colleges-2015 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges 2016 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2016/07/05/americas-top-colleges-2016 |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154116/https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2016/07/05/americas-top-colleges-2016 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Annual rankings following 2017 would see Williams fall out of the top ten to as low as 19th in 2019. Williams ranked 18th after ''Forbes'' changed their ranking methodology to emphasize alumni salaries and graduation debt in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges 2017 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/5970c8634bbe6f2244523a09/no-13-williams-college |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154107/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/5970c8634bbe6f2244523a09/no-13-williams-college/ |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges For 2018 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2018/08/21/here-are-americas-top-colleges-for-2018 |website=Forbes |access-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020154046/https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2018/08/21/here-are-americas-top-colleges-for-2018 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges 2019 |url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/ |website=Forbes |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001503/https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the Forbes 2022 College Rankings, Williams College rose to 7th. In their 2024 ranking, the college fell again, to 17th.<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Top Colleges |url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/ |website=Forbes |access-date=19 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-date=18 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118195356/https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/}}</ref>

Williams has been ranked first in [[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'''s rankings]] of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges every year since 2004, and has been in the top three every year since the rankings were created in 1984.<ref name="US News history"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Princeton and Williams still top U.S. News college rankings |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/princeton-and-williams-still-top-us-news-college-rankings--but-new-formula-scrambles-the-annual-lists/2018/09/08/a7f798b0-b2b1-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html |access-date=26 June 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=2018-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626192257/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/princeton-and-williams-still-top-us-news-college-rankings--but-new-formula-scrambles-the-annual-lists/2018/09/08/a7f798b0-b2b1-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> (This list does not include research universities: unlike ''Forbes'', ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks universities and liberal arts colleges on separate lists.)
[[File:Williams_College_-_Chapin_Hall.JPG|thumb|Chapin Hall]]