<p>They both have very fine music departments, although Williams may have the edge in performance studies as opposed to theory/composition. It seems to me that the constant strikes by Yale employees must get to be a drag on the ambience after a while. It’s hard to imagine a place with more undergraduate focus than Williams, between the much smaller size, and the expanded Oxford-style tutorial program (even sophomores are getting into these now at Williams). Other than that, you have to consider physical environment…lovely rural New England mountain region, vs. New Haven and easier access to big cities.</p>