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#32 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#29 Best Value Schools
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#14 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#50 Most Innovative Schools
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#132 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#8 Writing in the Disciplines
Hamilton College is ranked #14 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
87
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
14
Graduation and retention rank
9
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
93%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
132
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
92%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
93%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
93%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
0
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.9
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
9
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
9
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
93.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
97%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
76.2%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
9:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
8
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1350-1510
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
81%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
25
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
13
Average alumni giving rate
40.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
