unitid 191515 · Clinton, NY · private nonprofit 4-year · suburb (midsize)
Hamilton College
- enrollment 2023
- 2,131
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
14%
4th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,030
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
91%
finish within 150% time
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$84,230
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$28,985
after aid, aided students
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$78,411
after entry, Title IV students
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$17,000
13th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $8,028 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $83,853
- First-generation students
- 13%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $68,960
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics. | 97 | $108,312 | $18,250 |
| Mathematics. | 53 | $94,417 | $16,275 |
| Biology, General. | 32 | — | $17,000 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 31 | $58,619 | $12,200 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 30 | — | $17,450 |
| Political Science and Government. | 30 | $80,732 | $12,500 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 27 | — | — |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | 25 | — | $19,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 24 | — | — |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 24 | — | $15,500 |
| History. | 23 | — | — |
| Physics. | 21 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.