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Hamilton College

Hamilton College is a private campus in suburban Clinton, NY. International students are a visible presence at Hamilton College — 8.2% of its 2,030 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$4,906

family income
under $30k

$8,614

$30–48k

$18,336

$48–75k

$21,312

$75–110k

$50,232

over $110k

Average net price

$28,9852023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Hamilton College rose from $22,424 (2008) to $28,985 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$22,424
2009	$23,077
2010	$21,834
2011	$25,575
2012	$19,961
2013	$23,121
2014	$22,002
2015	$25,074
2016	$24,140
2017	$25,160
2018	$25,440
2019	$22,107
2020	$26,296
2021	$24,397
2022	$28,314
2023	$28,985

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$84,2302024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Hamilton College rose from $50,210 (2009) to $84,230 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$50,210
2010	$51,660
2011	$53,560
2012	$55,270
2013	$57,420
2014	$59,590
2015	$61,770
2016	$63,870
2017	$65,750
2018	$67,670
2019	$69,990
2020	$72,190
2021	$74,670
2022	$77,000
2023	$80,380
2024	$84,230

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$26,100
2001	$27,350
2002	$28,760
2003	$30,000
2004	$31,700
2005	$33,350
2006	$34,980
2007	$36,860
2008	$38,600
2013	$46,080
2014	$47,820
2015	$49,500
2016	$51,240
2017	$52,770
2018	$54,620
2019	$56,530
2020	$58,510
2021	$59,970
2022	$62,670
2023	$65,740

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $68,960 before grants and other attendance costs. At Hamilton College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

At 2,030 undergrads, Hamilton College is a mid-sized campus by U.S. standards.

90.6% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Hamilton College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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90.6%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Hamilton College has held near 90.6% from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	88.7%
1992 cohort	85.7%
1993 cohort	84.5%
1994 cohort	82.3%
1995 cohort	84.8%
1996 cohort	84.1%
1997 cohort	87.1%
1998 cohort	86%
1999 cohort	88.2%
2000 cohort	88%
2001 cohort	87.5%
2002 cohort	91.1%
2003 cohort	86%
2004 cohort	88.4%
2005 cohort	88.9%
2006 cohort	90.8%
2007 cohort	93%
2008 cohort	91.1%
2009 cohort	92.1%
2010 cohort	91.6%
2011 cohort	94.2%
2012 cohort	92.5%
2013 cohort	93.3%
2014 cohort	90.6%
2015 cohort	91.5%
2016 cohort	92.4%
2017 cohort	91.3%
2018 cohort	90.6%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$16,125	$3,482
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$15,625	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$14,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$14,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$15,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$15,625	$3,938
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$16,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$15,625	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$15,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$15,625	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$16,625	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$17,000	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$16,500	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$16,000	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$15,247	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$15,750	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$17,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$16,250	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$16,500	$5,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$17,000	$6,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$17,000	$6,750

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$60,082

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$74,462

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$78,411

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Hamilton College admitted 1,162 of 8,531 applicants in Fall 2024. The 13.6% rate describes that application pool.

13.6%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $65,740 tuition · 2023–24 2,030 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1450–15501600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Hamilton College received 8,531 applications and admitted 1,162 (13.6%), with 453 enrolling.

Hamilton College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Hamilton College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 720–770 and Math was 730–780 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1450–1550 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	720	740	770
SAT Math	730	760	780
ACT Composite	33	34	35

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

13.6%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

The share admitted at Hamilton College declined from 35.1% to 13.6%; this does not establish why. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	35.1%
Fall 2002	34.7%
Fall 2003	33.1%
Fall 2004	34.4%
Fall 2005	35.9%
Fall 2006	33.4%
Fall 2007	27.7%
Fall 2008	28.1%
Fall 2009	29.8%
Fall 2010	29.4%
Fall 2011	27.4%
Fall 2012	27.2%
Fall 2013	27.2%
Fall 2014	26.4%
Fall 2015	24.8%
Fall 2016	26.1%
Fall 2017	24.2%
Fall 2018	21.3%
Fall 2019	16.4%
Fall 2020	18.4%
Fall 2021	14.1%
Fall 2022	11.8%
Fall 2023	11.8%
Fall 2024	13.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1450–1550Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1190	1370
Fall 2002	1210	1400
Fall 2003	1240	1400
Fall 2004	1260	1420
Fall 2005	1270	1440
Fall 2008	1300	1450
Fall 2009	1310	1470
Fall 2010	1300	1470
Fall 2011	1310	1470
Fall 2012	1300	1480
Fall 2013	1300	1470
Fall 2014	1310	1470
Fall 2016	1300	1480
Fall 2017	1360	1510
Fall 2018	1350	1510
Fall 2019	1370	1520
Fall 2020	1380	1510
Fall 2021	1410	1540
Fall 2022	1420	1540
Fall 2023	1410	1550
Fall 2024	1450	1550

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

33–35Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2008	26	31
Fall 2009	29	32
Fall 2010	27	31
Fall 2011	28	32
Fall 2012	29	33
Fall 2013	29	33
Fall 2014	30	33
Fall 2016	31	33
Fall 2017	31	33
Fall 2018	31	34
Fall 2019	32	34
Fall 2020	32	34
Fall 2021	33	35
Fall 2022	33	34
Fall 2023	32	35
Fall 2024	33	35

IPEDS Fall 2008–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,030Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Hamilton College rose from 1,809 (Fall 2002) to 2,030 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,809
Fall 2003	1,757
Fall 2004	1,762
Fall 2005	1,799
Fall 2006	1,800
Fall 2007	1,810
Fall 2008	1,834
Fall 2009	1,851
Fall 2010	1,843
Fall 2011	1,843
Fall 2012	1,867
Fall 2013	1,909
Fall 2014	1,890
Fall 2015	1,861
Fall 2016	1,867
Fall 2017	1,885
Fall 2018	1,989
Fall 2019	1,998
Fall 2020	1,901
Fall 2021	2,049
Fall 2022	2,071
Fall 2023	2,045
Fall 2024	2,030

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

95%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Hamilton College has held near 95% from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	91%
Fall 2004 cohort	93%
Fall 2005 cohort	93%
Fall 2006 cohort	93%
Fall 2007 cohort	96%
Fall 2008 cohort	95%
Fall 2009 cohort	95%
Fall 2010 cohort	94%
Fall 2011 cohort	96%
Fall 2012 cohort	94%
Fall 2013 cohort	96%
Fall 2014 cohort	93%
Fall 2015 cohort	94%
Fall 2016 cohort	96%
Fall 2017 cohort	94%
Fall 2018 cohort	94%
Fall 2019 cohort	92%
Fall 2020 cohort	94%
Fall 2021 cohort	95%
Fall 2022 cohort	96%
Fall 2023 cohort	95%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Hamilton College

17.7% of Hamilton College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Hamilton College as a primarily residential campus of 2,030 undergraduates — and 94.8% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Hamilton College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1450–1550 — their midpoint is above the NY four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Hamilton College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Hamilton College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Hamilton College13.6%

New York median70.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Hamilton College$68,960

New York median$17,408

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Hamilton College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Hamilton College$78,411

New York median$60,236

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Hamilton College, New York and national reference values
Metric & basis	Hamilton College	New York median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	13.6%	70.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$68,960	$17,408	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$78,411	$60,236	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Hamilton College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Hamilton College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 5 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Economics	$130,633
Political Science and Government	$88,019
Mathematics	$83,211
International Relations and National Security Studies	$64,585
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$42,806

These 5 fields listed for Hamilton College measure earnings after completion. The $78,411 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 29 additional Hamilton College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Hamilton College report?

Hamilton College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1450–1550 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Hamilton College's acceptance rate?

13.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,162 admitted from 8,531 applicants.

How much does Hamilton College cost?

At Hamilton College, tuition is $68,960. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Hamilton College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $78,411. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in New York

The Juilliard School — 9.2% admitted
Cornell University — 8.8% admitted
Columbia University in the City of New York — 4% admitted
Colgate University — 13.9% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.