Williams College

Average grade awarded, academic year.

"Grading policy is not something the CEP (Committee on Educational Policy) has thought about this year," said Sam Weinreich '09, CEP member. "In general, I don't get the sense that students are particularly dissatisfied with the status quo."   

1953

2.53

1954

2.53

1955

2.52

1956

2.57

1957

2.58

1958

2.61

1959

2.66

1960

2.67

1961

2.67

1962

2.68

1963

2.72

1964

2.69

1965

2.70

1966

2.71

1967

2.75

1968

2.78

1969

2.92

1970

2.92

1971

2.96

1972

2.97

1973

3.04

1974

3.09

1975

3.09

1976

3.10

1977

3.11

1978

3.11

1979

3.08

1980

3.08

1981

3.09

1982

3.08

1983

3.05

1984

3.07

1985

3.09

1986

3.10

1987

3.14

1988

3.14

1989

3.20

1990

3.19

1991

3.21

1992

3.24

1993

3.27

1994

3.30

1995

3.29

1996

3.31

1997

3.32

1998

3.30

1999

3.34

2000

3.33

2008

3.38

Source:

Internal college documents

Williams Record, Across divisions, average grades continue incremental increase, April 14, 2009