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map of New York state with Hamilton highlighted with a starLocation: Hamilton’s 1,350-acre campus is situated on a hilltop overlooking the safe and picturesque village of Clinton, N.Y. The College is eight miles southwest of Utica (pop. 65,000), 45 minutes east of Syracuse, one hour from the Adirondack park to the northeast, 90 minutes west of Albany, three hours from Niagara Falls, and four hours from Boston or New York City. (Take a virtual tour of campus, plan a visit, or meet us online!)

Namesake: Alexander Hamilton, U.S. statesman, first secretary of the U.S. Treasury, member of the first Board of Trustees of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, lent his face to that $10 bill in your pocket, and inspiration for the Broadway musical Hamilton.

Our Motto “Know Thyself”: We don’t expect students to arrive at Hamilton already knowing themselves or with their paths mapped out. In fact, that discovery is part of the college experience.

Acceptance Rate: 13.5% of applicants were accepted to the Class of 2028 (see profile)

Aerial view of campus

Students

Enrollment: 2,046 (56% female, 44% male)
Residential Life: 100% of students live in 28 residence halls

50

U.S. states and territories

56

countries

1,188

high schools

27

PERCENT
U.S. students of color

8

PERCENT
international citizens

14

PERCENT
first generation to attend college
Caitlyn Altermatt ’22, James Adler ’22, and Bess Lawrence ’23

Academics

Degree Offered: Bachelor of Arts
Faculty: 201 full-time; 97% hold the highest degree in their field

58

areas of study
(see list)

44

majors

100

PERCENT
of courses taught by college professors

27

PERCENT
classes have 9 or fewer students

70

PERCENT
classes have 19 or fewer students

9:1

student-faculty ratio

Financial Aid

Hamilton meets the full demonstrated financial need of every accepted and enrolled student for all four years. Furthermore, if you are a U.S. citizen, your family’s ability to pay our tuition and fees will not be a factor that the admission committee considers when reviewing your application.

50

PERCENT
students on financial aid

$54,462

2024-25 financial aid award

$59M

2024-25 financial aid budget

$68,280

2024-25 tuition and fees

$17,510

2024-25 room and board

$1.33B

endowment and planned gifts (June 2023)

Outcomes

Regardless of what you study, Hamilton prepares students like you to think critically, to present themselves well, and to see connections and opportunities in a constantly changing world.

Athletics

Hamilton Athletics iconHamilton sponsors a broad-based athletics program that provides high quality facilities and experiences for everyone in the community, from recreational athletes looking to stay fit to competitive athletes striving to become national champions.

Continentals nickname
buff and blue
college colors
NESCAC athletic conference

34

PERCENT
students are varsity athletes

298

student-athletes named to NESCAC All-Academic Team (2023-24)

17

individual and team national champions

AlexAthletic Affiliations: Hamilton competes in the NCAA Division III and is a charter member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC): Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Williams.

Our Mascot: “Alex”

Athletics Website Virtual Tour

Other Stuff We Thought You Should Know…

Number of alumni: approximately 24,000

Alumni loyalty: Top 1% (as measured by the percentage of alumni donors, when comparing all U.S. colleges and universities)

Notable Alumni: From U.S. ambassadors to corporate CEOs to Tony Award-winning playwrights, here’s a sampling of noteworthy Hamilton graduates.

Number of competitive fellowships and scholarships (e.g., Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, Watson) awarded to students and alumni since 2000: 400+

Past speakers/performers in the Sacerdote Great Names Series:  Venus Williams, Tina Fey, David Cameron, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Derek Jeter, Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Jon Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Al Gore, Tom Brokaw, Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu, Margaret Thatcher, B.B. King, Elie Wiesel, Colin Powell

Facts are updated annually in June.

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