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OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323

800-859-4413
315-859-4962 (fax)
Tuition and Financial Aid

Determining Your Financial  Need


Since Hamilton meets 100% of demonstrated financial need, it is important for a student's family to understand how eligibility is determined. Hamilton looks at the family as the primary source of college funding and understands most families must finance such an investment over a series of months or years.
 
Use an Estimated Family Contribution Calculator to estimate your need.
Financial Aid = Cost of Attendance minus Expected Family Contribution.
 
(Understand this is only an estimate and only as accurate as the information that is provided; Hamilton's own analysis may differ from what is shown. This tool is intended for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Guidance for Canadian Citizens is provided here.)
 

Criteria Used To Determine Need-Based Aid:

  1. Income (adjusted gross income plus any untaxed income)
  2. Allowances for maintaining a family of your size
  3. Number of children in college (as undergraduates)
  4. Both biological or adoptive parents and the custodial step-parent, if relevant, in divorce situations
  5. A minimum student contribution of $1500 is expected for most students
  6. Hamilton may assess stock losses, depreciation, business losses, and the like 

Factors We Do NOT Consider:

  1. Equity in the primary home of residence
  2. Retirement savings accounts
  3. A family's individual debt levels

Policies:

  • The family is viewed as the primary source of funding for a Hamilton education.
  • To be eligible for Hamilton College Scholarship, students must meet deadlines for financial aid materials unless there are extraordinary circumstances.
  • Financial aid for study abroad is funded up to the cost of attendance at Hamilton.
  • Outside scholarships will first replace self-help (work-study and loan) before they affect Hamilton College Scholarship.
  • Students are eligible for four years of financial aid.  Requests for funding for additional years of support would be considered on a case-by-case (appeal) basis.
  • 529 Savings Plans are considered a parent asset even if the plan is in the student's name.