The Class of 2007 continued what has become a decade-long trend of increasingly stronger first-year classes enrolling at Hamilton. Only one in three applicants to the class was admitted (33 percent), making this group of first-year students the most selective class at Hamilton in more than 30 years.
When the percentages of multicultural students (15 percent) and international students (6 percent) in the first-year class are combined, this fall marks the first time in the College's history that the entering class has been more than 20 percent non-white or non-American. The class is also diverse socioeconomically, with nearly six in 10 students applying for financial aid.
"Hamilton remains a school of opportunity for those students whose academic preparation warrants admission," said Acting Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Lora Schilder. "Most of our peer institutions provide aid to less than 50 percent of their entering classes."
Academically, the median SAT scores of enrolling students continued to climb, reaching 1314, which is 67 points higher than just three years ago. And the percentage of first-year students who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes jumped from 61 percent a year ago to 68 percent.
When combined with returning students, Hamilton's fall enrollment for the 2003-04 academic year totals 1,755, including 885 women (50.4% percent) and 870 men (49.6% percent). The college has representation from 41 states and 40 countries. With 205 full-time equivalent faculty members, the college's student-to-faculty ratio is 9:1.
