by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Hamline University was awarded 403 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teaching english or french.
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College Factual ranked Hamline as #365 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Hamline held the #389 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Hamline also holds the #14 spot on the Best Colleges in Minnesota ranking.
The acceptance rate at Hamline University is 76%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Hamline is a good fit for you.
About 3% of students accepted to Hamline submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 670. Math scores were between 560 and 610.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Hamline University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hamline University is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Hamline University is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Hamline for first-time, full-time students is 63%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,925 undergraduates at Hamline with 1,861 being full-time and 64 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,522 | $17,386 | $19,028 | $22,133 | $27,729 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Hamline, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Hamline, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $8,702 a year. That adds up to $34,808 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hamline is 3.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Hamline University.
Contact details for Hamline are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1536 Hewitt Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55104-1284 |
| Phone: | 651-523-2800 |
| Website: | www.hamline.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/hamline |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/HamlineU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 45 | $33,618 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 39 | $40,063 |
| Criminology | 37 | $37,295 |
| General Biology | 35 | $35,126 |
| Writing Studies | 29 | $29,505 |
| Human Biology | 20 | $30,081 |
| Marketing | 19 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 18 | $43,382 |
| Chemistry | 15 | NA |
| Accounting | 15 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,972 students took at least one online class at Hamline University. This is a decrease from the 2,611 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,972 | 574 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,611 | 832 |
| 2018-2019 | 626 | 401 |
| 2017-2018 | 559 | 437 |
| 2016-2017 | 607 | 477 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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