- The Inkwell
- Minnesota
- Hamline University
Saint Paul, MNCity: largeZIP 55104Founded 1854
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1854
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.hamline.edu
MinnesotaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Hamline University
Hamline University is a private nonprofit university in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with 1,776 undergraduates. It admits 88% of applicants, graduates 53% within six years and costs $22,756 a year after aid.
53%graduate
Admission rate88%
Retention78%
4-year graduation44%
Pell Grant share46%
Federal loans61%
$22,756net price / year
88%admission rate
1160average SAT
53%graduate in 6 years
$64,996median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,103median debt
#564 of 1,704 for earnings#1,072 of 1,739 for lowest net price#915 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,103 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $61,822tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $51,994
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $51,994
- Average net price
- $22,756national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,442
$30,001–48,000$16,508
$48,001–75,000$16,933
$75,001–110,000$22,295
$110,001+$30,088
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 88%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1160
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 568–728
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 565–663
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 19–28
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college88%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college78%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college53%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college46%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 53%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 78%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 61%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,936
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $64,996middle 50%: $47,735–$88,249
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,103
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$88,249
Median, Hamline University$64,996
Lower quarter$47,735
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,776
- Part-time
- 3.2%
- Women / men
- 64% / 36%
- Average age at entry
- 20.7
- First-generation students
- 23%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 46%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 49%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,221 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,881
- Endowment, end of year
- $147,220,119
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White55%
Hispanic10%
Black12%
Asian9.7%
Two or more races5.5%
U.S. nonresident0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown5.4%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management18%
Social sciences14%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Education9.2%
Psychology9.2%
Legal professions6.1%
Communication & journalism5.4%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies4.9%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
| McDaniel College Westminster, MD | $22,980 | 56% | $62,070 |
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| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA | $22,146 | 55% | $57,647 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 173665. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1366519.