Hamilton College

Clinton, NY · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
13.6%
1,210 admitted
SAT · 50th
1480
Range 1440–1510
6-yr grad
89.9%
Retention 96.2%
Undergrads
1,980
9:1 S-F
Admissions
13.6%
1,210 admitted
from 8,904 apps
Applications8,904
Overall admit rate13.6%
Enrolled478 · 39.5% yield
Admitted from waitlist49 of 2,032
Very important factorsGPA, Class rank, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Recs
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1480
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1440–1510 · 35.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W710740760
Math710740770
Comp144014801510
ACT
255075
Comp333435
Cost & aid
$75,210
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$75,210
Fees$750
Room & board$18,460
Books$800
Avg need-based grant$66,176
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$17,971
Academics
9 : 1
student-faculty ratio
96.2% retention
Student-faculty9 : 1
Retention96.2%
4-year graduation79.6%
6-year graduation89.9%
Enrollment
1,980
undergraduates
71.0% out-of-state · 40 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,980
First-year478
Full-time100%
Female54%
Out-of-state71.0%
International (freshmen)40
Rankings
#13
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#1326
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#2126
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#3526
NicheBest Colleges in America#5426
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#6426
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#7326
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#21326
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceNew England Small College Athletic Conference10
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$65
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/6 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/15 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/6
Early actionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttps://www.hamilton.edu/admission/apply
Admissions emailadmission@hamilton.edu
Admissions phone315-859-4421
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Colgate University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Colgate University NY · Private (nonprofit)17.5%14803K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Colby College ME · Private (nonprofit)7.1%2K
Vassar College NY · Private (nonprofit)20.9%14902K
Trinity College CT · Private (nonprofit)29.5%13902K
Bates College ME · Private (nonprofit)14.8%14401K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Hamilton College

21 years of Hamilton College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.