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Student Enrollment - Early Years

Year Students (undergraduate) Law School
1790 16 -
1791 22 -
1792 8 -
1793 42 -
1794 23 -
1795 19 -
1796 32 -
1797 25 -
1798 35 -
1799 43 -
1800 44 -
1801 thru 1830 ? -
1831 100 9
1832 60 -
1833 60 -
1834 41 -
1835 15 -
1836 15 6
1837 60 6
1838 95 6
1839 111 44
1840 113 44
1841 140 36
1842 110 36
1843-1848 98 32
1849 68 32
1850 ? 32
1851 ? 32
1852 36 32
1853-1855 55 32
1856-1857 82 ?
1858 58 12
1859-1860 64 ?
1861 60 ?
1862-1905 no stats compiled no stats compiled
1906 244 ?
1907-1916 208 ?

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20th & 21st Century

Year Undergraduates Graduate Law School
1976 4,381 1,223 449
2006 7,544 1,243 616

 

Multicultural Students

1976: 103 African American students attended the College (2.2%)

1982: 162 African American students attended the College (3.4%)

1983: 153 African American students attended the College

1985: 195 African American students attended the College (4%)

1988: 303 African American students attended the College (5.8%); 145 Asian American students attended the College (2.8%); 50 Hispanic students attended the College (.9%); 5 American Indian students attended the College(.1%)

 

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This website contains the best available information from known sources at the time it was written. Unfortunately, many of the early original records of William & Mary were destroyed by fires, military occupation, and the normal effects of time. The information in this website is not complete, and it changes as we continue to research and uncover new sources.