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Hamline University

Hamline University is a private campus in Saint Paul proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a United Methodist affiliation in its federal filings.

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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

$18,011

family income
under $30k

$15,893

$30–48k

$19,628

$48–75k

$24,313

$75–110k

$27,061

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$20,7442023–24Skip 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 Hamline University has held near $20,744 from 2008 to 2023.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$21,821
2009	$18,796
2010	$20,030
2011	$19,743
2012	$20,500
2013	$20,611
2014	$21,150
2015	$21,332
2016	$21,103
2017	$20,492
2018	$20,866
2019	$20,474
2020	$18,813
2021	$21,691
2022	$21,385
2023	$20,744

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$58,1102024–25Skip 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 Hamline University rose from $37,204 (2009) to $58,110 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$37,204
2010	$38,957
2011	$40,152
2012	$41,695
2013	$43,433
2014	$44,883
2015	$46,670
2016	$47,506
2017	$48,293
2018	$49,502
2019	$50,516
2020	$51,984
2021	$52,529
2022	$55,979
2023	$56,738
2024	$58,110

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	$16,050
2001	$17,414
2002	$18,970
2003	$20,582
2004	$21,820
2005	$23,130
2006	$24,520
2007	$26,614
2008	$28,152
2013	$35,108
2014	$36,270
2015	$37,886
2016	$39,181
2017	$40,332
2018	$41,290
2019	$42,774
2020	$45,145
2021	$46,221
2022	$46,616
2023	$48,311

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $50,004 before grants and other attendance costs. At Hamline University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,776 — Hamline University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

60.5% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Hamline University 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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60.5%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 Hamline University has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 72% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 60.5%.

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	62.6%
1992 cohort	62.9%
1993 cohort	66.6%
1994 cohort	66%
1995 cohort	62.8%
1996 cohort	67.8%
1997 cohort	67.4%
1998 cohort	71.2%
1999 cohort	69.8%
2000 cohort	60.5%
2001 cohort	68.7%
2002 cohort	71.4%
2003 cohort	65.8%
2004 cohort	72%
2005 cohort	67.8%
2006 cohort	62.8%
2007 cohort	66.4%
2008 cohort	64.6%
2009 cohort	63.4%
2010 cohort	59%
2011 cohort	66.7%
2012 cohort	63.4%
2013 cohort	69.7%
2014 cohort	65.1%
2015 cohort	64.9%
2016 cohort	69%
2017 cohort	57.7%
2018 cohort	60.5%

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)	$14,500	$10,320
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$15,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$15,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$14,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$14,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$15,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$15,125	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,625	$5,248
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$15,812	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,750	$5,706
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$16,250	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,925
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,602	$6,795
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,500	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$23,000	$7,524
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,522	$7,753
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$24,750	$8,452
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$25,188	$8,751
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$24,169	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$24,400	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$24,000	$8,884
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$24,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$23,500	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$23,770	$7,500

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

$47,139

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$55,414

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$61,106

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

Hamline University admitted 3,045 of 3,475 applicants in Fall 2024. The 87.6% rate describes that application pool.

87.6%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $48,311 tuition · 2023–24 1,776 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1133–13911600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Hamline University received 3,475 applications and admitted 3,045 (87.6%), with 483 enrolling.

Hamline University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Hamline University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 568–728 and Math was 565–663 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1133–1391 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	568	635	728
SAT Math	565	635	663
ACT Composite	19	23	28

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

87.6%Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	79.4%
Fall 2002	78.6%
Fall 2003	74.6%
Fall 2004	78.3%
Fall 2005	78.4%
Fall 2006	76.4%
Fall 2007	77.8%
Fall 2008	79.9%
Fall 2009	75.2%
Fall 2010	77.1%
Fall 2011	71.5%
Fall 2012	70%
Fall 2013	65.6%
Fall 2014	69.6%
Fall 2015	72.4%
Fall 2016	70.3%
Fall 2017	69.1%
Fall 2018	67.2%
Fall 2019	67.7%
Fall 2020	69%
Fall 2021	76.4%
Fall 2022	80.5%
Fall 2023	89.8%
Fall 2024	87.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1133–1391Fall 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 2004	1040	1265
Fall 2005	1040	1260
Fall 2006	1020	1290
Fall 2007	1053	1285
Fall 2008	975	1243
Fall 2009	985	1220
Fall 2010	900	1195
Fall 2011	955	1225
Fall 2012	1020	1290
Fall 2013	980	1240
Fall 2014	960	1180
Fall 2015	980	1310
Fall 2016	960	1230
Fall 2017	1015	1260
Fall 2018	1060	1280
Fall 2019	1000	1260
Fall 2020	995	1225
Fall 2021	1170	1280
Fall 2022	1030	1258
Fall 2023	1146	1393
Fall 2024	1133	1391

IPEDS Fall 2004–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

19–28Fall 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 2001	21	28
Fall 2002	21	27
Fall 2004	21	27
Fall 2005	21	27
Fall 2006	21	27
Fall 2007	21	27
Fall 2008	20	28
Fall 2009	21	27
Fall 2010	21	26
Fall 2011	21	27
Fall 2012	21	27
Fall 2013	21	27
Fall 2014	21	27
Fall 2015	21	28
Fall 2016	21	27
Fall 2017	20	26
Fall 2018	20	27
Fall 2019	19	26
Fall 2020	20	26
Fall 2021	19	26
Fall 2022	20	26
Fall 2023	20	28
Fall 2024	19	28

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, 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

1,776Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Hamline University rose from 1,501 (Fall 2002) to 1,776 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,501
Fall 2003	1,980
Fall 2004	1,950
Fall 2005	1,974
Fall 2006	1,965
Fall 2007	2,056
Fall 2008	2,003
Fall 2009	1,867
Fall 2010	1,919
Fall 2011	1,907
Fall 2012	2,007
Fall 2013	2,108
Fall 2014	2,157
Fall 2015	2,167
Fall 2016	2,150
Fall 2017	2,132
Fall 2018	2,077
Fall 2019	2,048
Fall 2020	1,907
Fall 2021	1,787
Fall 2022	1,745
Fall 2023	1,685
Fall 2024	1,776

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

78%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 Hamline University has held near 78% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	84%
Fall 2003 cohort	80%
Fall 2004 cohort	84%
Fall 2005 cohort	81%
Fall 2006 cohort	81%
Fall 2007 cohort	80%
Fall 2008 cohort	79%
Fall 2009 cohort	80%
Fall 2010 cohort	80%
Fall 2011 cohort	81%
Fall 2012 cohort	81%
Fall 2013 cohort	83%
Fall 2014 cohort	79%
Fall 2015 cohort	79%
Fall 2016 cohort	84%
Fall 2017 cohort	74%
Fall 2018 cohort	78%
Fall 2019 cohort	74%
Fall 2020 cohort	72%
Fall 2021 cohort	75%
Fall 2022 cohort	74%
Fall 2023 cohort	78%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Hamline University

40.7% of Hamline University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Hamline University as a primarily residential campus of 1,776 undergraduates — and 78.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Hamline University's SAT section-percentile sums are 1133–1391 — their midpoint is near the MN four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Hamline University'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 Hamline University 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

Hamline University87.6%

Minnesota median85.4%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Hamline University$50,004

Minnesota median$22,520

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

Hamline University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Hamline University$61,106

Minnesota median$58,351

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Hamline University, Minnesota and national reference values
Metric & basis	Hamline University	Minnesota median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	87.6%	85.4%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$50,004	$22,520	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$61,106	$58,351	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

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

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

View 13 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$72,945
Non-Professional Legal Studies	$65,460
Criminology	$60,757
Communication and Media Studies	$59,557
Political Science and Government	$53,252
Biology, General	$49,824
Education, General	$48,878
Human Biology	$48,483
Sociology	$46,877
Psychology, General	$45,927
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$45,253
Anthropology	$42,751
English Language and Literature, General	$41,531

These 13 fields listed for Hamline University measure earnings after completion. The $61,106 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 34 additional Hamline University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Hamline University report?

Hamline University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1133–1391 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Hamline University's acceptance rate?

87.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 3,045 admitted from 3,475 applicants.

How much does Hamline University cost?

At Hamline University, tuition is $50,004. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Hamline University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $61,106. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Minnesota

Martin Luther College — 87.2% admitted
Minnesota State University-Mankato — 88.4% admitted
Metropolitan State University — 98.7% admitted
University of Minnesota-Crookston — 87.9% 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.