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 2017-2018, 87% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Hamilton bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $60,200 a year. That's about 48% more than their peers at other schools.
• 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.

Hamilton College Rankings

Hamilton is ranked #32 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #3 out of 160 schools in New York.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Hamilton has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#38	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Hamilton.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#40	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Hamilton has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#13	Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools	College Factual
#20	Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	College Factual
#25	Best English Language & Literature Schools	College Factual
#30	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central
#37	Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools	College Factual
#46	Best Psychology Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/HamiltonCollege
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/hamiltoncollege

How Do I Get Into Hamilton?

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

Admission Requirements for Hamilton

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	considered but not required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hamilton?

The acceptance rate at Hamilton is 18%, 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 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 19%, and the acceptance rate for women is 18%.

Average Test Scores

About 43% 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 680 and 750. Math scores were between 700 and 760.

Hamilton received ACT scores from 39% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 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 46% of students took out student loans averaging $5,156 a year. That adds up to $20,624 over four years for those students.

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.

Online Learning at Hamilton College

Hamilton College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	102	102
Mathematics	38	38
Political Science & Government	38	38
Child Development & Psychology	29	29
International Relations & National Security	27	27
Romance Languages	26	26
Literature	24	24
Sociology	23	23
General Biology	22	22
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	22	22
Writing Studies	20	20
Public Policy	20	20
History	19	19
Computer Information Systems	18	18
Fine & Studio Arts	18	18
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	14	14
Geological & Earth Sciences	14	14
Philosophy	13	13
Physics	13	13
Area Studies	12	12
Natural Resources Conservation	11	11
Ethnic Studies	10	10
Chemistry	10	10
East Asian Languages	9	9
Music	9	9
Interdisciplinary Studies	7	7
Classical Languages & Literature	6	6
Drama & Theater Arts	6	6
Religious Studies	5	5
Anthropology	5	5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	3	3
Archeology	2	2
Dance	1	1
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	1	1
TOTAL	597	597

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.