Hamilton College Overview

Hamilton College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Clinton, New York. Clinton is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Hamilton College Known For?

• Hamilton has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Hamilton is the bachelor's degree.
• In a recent academic period79% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Hamilton makes roughly $78,411 a year. This is 92% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Hamilton to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Hamilton College?

Contact details for Hamilton are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323
Phone:	315-859-4011
Website:	www.hamilton.edu

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How Do I Get Into Hamilton?

You can apply to Hamilton online at: https://www.hamilton.edu/admission/apply

Admission Requirements for Hamilton

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hamilton?

The acceptance rate at Hamilton is 12%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 11%, and the acceptance rate for women is 12%.

Average Test Scores

About 37% of students accepted to Hamilton submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 760. Math scores were between 720 and 780.

Hamilton received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 33 and 34.

Can I Afford Hamilton College?

The overall average net price of Hamilton is $51,126. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Hamilton, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $4,749 a year. That adds up to $18,996 over four years for those students.

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Hamilton College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,902 undergraduate students at Hamilton, with 1,899 being full-time and 3 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,899 full-time undergraduates at Hamilton, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Hamilton College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	138
Black or African American	72
Hispanic or Latino	193
White	1,238
International Students	105
Other Races/Ethnicities	153

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Hamilton College. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 49 countries are represented at Hamilton. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and Vietnam.

Hamilton College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	97	97
Mathematics	53	53
General Biology	32	32
Romance Languages	31	31
Child Development & Psychology	30	30
Political Science & Government	30	30
Fine & Studio Arts	27	27
International Relations & National Security	25	25
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	24	24
Computer Information Systems	24	24
History	23	23
Physics	21	21
Public Policy	20	20
Literature	19	19
Natural Resources Conservation	19	19
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	16	16
Sociology	16	16
Writing Studies	15	15
Philosophy	15	15
East Asian Languages	13	13
Anthropology	9	9
Area Studies	7	7
Geological & Earth Sciences	7	7
Classical Languages & Literature	6	6
Drama & Theater Arts	6	6
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	6	6
Ethnic Studies	5	5
Chemistry	5	5
Archeology	5	5
Music	5	5
Interdisciplinary Studies	4	4
Religious Studies	3	3
Dance	2	2
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0
TOTAL	620	620

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Lvklock under License

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