Hamilton College Common Data Set 2024-25

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Acceptance rate

13.6%

1,162 of 8,531

Early decision rate

29.4%

Non-ED pool: 11.9%

SAT middle 50%

1460–1530

ACT middle 50%

33–35

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Admissions

AppliedC1	8,531
AdmittedC1	1,162
EnrolledC1	453
YieldC1	39%
Early decisionC21	247 of 839 (29.4%)
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	1,709
Accepted a placeC2	946
Admitted from waitlistC2	35
Odds if you stay on the listC2	3.7%

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	34%
Submitted ACTC9	16%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	720–770
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	730–780
Average high school GPAC12	—
GPA of 4.0C11	—
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	—
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	—
GPA below 3.50C11	—

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	$71,970
Required feesG1	$720
Food and housingG1	—
Need fully met (first-years)H2	100%
Average % of need metH2	100%
Average need-based packageH2	$64,435
Average need-based grantH2	$60,599

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankVery important
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayImportant
Recommendation(s)Important
InterviewConsidered
Extracurricular activitiesConsidered
Talent/abilityConsidered
Character/personal qualitiesImportant
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationConsidered
Geographical residenceConsidered
State residencyConsidered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestConsidered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	2,037
First-year retentionB22	94.8%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	90.6%

Notes on this filing

Applied, admitted and enrolled use the printed residency-table totals (8531, 1162, 453), which match the sums of the gender rows.
C2: waitlist counts mapped by position (offered 1709, accepted 946, admitted 35); the labels are cut off and the ranked-list question is answered No.
C7: 'Academic GPA' was mapped to gpa; the filing does not separately state class rank beyond the very-important mark.
C8: the C8A admission box marks SAT/ACT 'not required but considered if submitted'; C8F lists AP and institutional exam for placement only and refers to a web page.
C11/C12: GPA distribution cells are blank and the average and percent submitting show 0.00, which appears to mean not reported; left null.
C9: SAT/ACT score ranges for the test-score distribution were printed only for SAT composite, ERW and math, and ACT composite; no ACT subscores.
G1: the 2025-26 costs were not yet available (expected Mar-25), so the cost figures are the 2024-25 values as printed in the filing; food-and-housing total is not printed (housing only 10,090 and food only 8,370), so room_and_board is null.
G1: tuition is one rate for all undergraduates; in-state and out-of-state fields left null.
B4-B11: the most recent cohort is Fall 2018; the 4-year completion rate is not printed (only the 6-year rate of 90.6%), so grad_rate_4yr is null.
H2: values are taken from the first-time full-time first-year column. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is line d / line c (259/259). pct_need_fully_met is line h / line d (259/259). The filing prints avg_pct_need_met as 100.0%.
H1: aid figures are for 2024-25 estimated, using the institutional methodology.
Fall 2017 table in B4-B11 labels its H row as the '2016 cohort', a labeling inconsistency; not used.

Source: Hamilton College Common Data Set 2024-25 . “—” means the college left the item blank.