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Hamilton College is a private, nonsectarian liberal arts college in Clinton, New York. Founded as an academy in 1793, it was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton has been coeducational since 1978, when it merged with its coordinate sister school Kirkland College.
Latin: Collegii Hamiltonensis | |
Former name | Hamilton-Oneida Academy (1793-1812) |
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Motto | Γνωθι Σεαυτόν (Greek) |
Motto in English | Know Thyself |
Type | Private |
Established | 1793 |
Endowment | US$1.06 billion[1] (2018) |
President | David Wippman |
Academic staff | 186[1] |
Undergraduates | 1,850[1] |
Location | , , U.S. 43°03′09″N 75°24′20″W |
Campus | Rural |
Colors | Continental blue and Buff[2] |
Nickname | Continentals |
Affiliations | Oberlin Group Annapolis Group CLAC |
Website | www |
Hamilton's student body is 51% female and 49% male, and comes from 49 U.S. states and 49 countries.[3] Hamilton is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
Hamilton is an exclusively undergraduate institution, enrolling 1,850 students in the fall of 2017. Students may choose from 56 areas of study, including 43 concentrations (majors), or design an interdisciplinary concentration. Hamilton received 6,240 applicants for the class of 2022 and accepted 1,300, yielding a 20.8% acceptance rate.[4] The annual ranking for 2016 by U.S. News & World Report categorizes Hamilton as "most selective" in admissions and ranks the College tied for 14th overall and tied for 12th in "Best Undergraduate Teaching" among "National Liberal Arts Colleges."