Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

According to its mission statement, "Hamilton College prepares students for lives of meaning, purpose, and active citizenship. Guided by the motto 'Know Thyself,' the College emphasizes intellectual growth, flexibility, and collaboration in a residential academic community. Hamilton students learn to think independently, embrace difference, write and speak persuasively, and engage issues ethically and creatively. One of America’s first liberal arts colleges, Hamilton enables its students to effect positive change in the world." [Source]

Website: http://www.hamilton.edu/

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2,055
Undergraduate
Enrollment

87%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$59,970
Tuition & Fees
(annually)

9:1
Student to Faculty Ratio

0.4%
Student Loan Default Rate

General Education Requirements

Composition

Literature

Foreign Language

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

Science

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

A yellow light institution maintains policies that could be interpreted to suppress protected speech or policies that, while clearly restricting freedom of speech, restrict relatively narrow categories of speech.

OASES of Excellence

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization

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Curriculum last evaluated: 7/6/2022

2021-22 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.