College · Private nonprofit · Clinton, NY · Suburb
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
Admit rate14%
6-yr median pay$60k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size2,030
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $60k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 14% means this is competitive but not impossible. Admitted students average SAT 1506 · ACT 34.
If you get in
2,030 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $84k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$337k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$116k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$221k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $69.0k
- Room & board
- $17.5k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants18%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans29%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$17k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention95%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr91%
Most finish on time.
6-yr median pay$60k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$78k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out6%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,030
- Location
- Clinton, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White62%
- Hispanic10%
- Asian9%
- International8%
- Two or more races6%
- Black3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students13%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$84k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 34
What you can study.