Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Hamilton

At Hamilton College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 20.23%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 12.00%. Hamilton College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.40%, and the 2024 yield is 40.97%.

The number of Hamilton applicants decreased by -2.59% (256 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 20.23%, and this year's acceptance rate is 12.00% at Hamilton College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 20.37% and women students' rate is 20.16%. Hamilton College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Hamilton College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	27.19%	26.67%	27.62%
2014-15	26.35% -0.84%	26.36% -0.31%	26.33% -1.29%
2015-16	24.81% -1.54%	24.71% -1.65%	24.89% -1.44%
2016-17	26.08% 1.27%	25.82% 1.11%	26.29% 1.40%
2017-18	24.22% -1.86%	24.48% -1.34%	23.67% -2.62%
2018-19	21.28% -2.93%	22.70% -1.78%	20.25% -3.42%
2019-20	16.39% -4.89%	16.92% -5.78%	16.01% -4.24%
2020-21	18.41% 2.01%	18.51% 1.59%	18.33% 2.32%
2021-22	14.00% -4.41%	14.99% -3.52%	14.01% -4.32%
2022-23	11.78% -2.22%	10.98% -4.01%	12.35% -1.66%
2023-24	12.00% 0.22%	11.99% 1.01%	12.00% -0.34%
Average	20.23%	20.37%	20.16%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.40% where the current academic year yield is 40.97%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Hamilton College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.00%	39.67%	33.02%
2014-15	35.10% -0.89%	37.05% -2.62%	33.47% 0.45%
2015-16	35.09% -0.02%	37.07% 0.02%	33.42% -0.05%
2016-17	34.60% -0.48%	36.53% -0.54%	33.07% -0.35%
2017-18	34.91% 0.31%	34.23% -2.30%	35.98% 2.91%
2018-19	36.22% 1.31%	39.53% 5.30%	33.52% -2.46%
2019-20	34.60% -1.62%	39.17% -0.36%	31.03% -2.49%
2020-21	31.97% -2.63%	31.14% -8.03%	32.63% 1.60%
2021-22	39.98% 8.01%	41.11% 9.97%	40.03% 7.39%
2022-23	40.99% 1.01%	44.12% 3.02%	39.02% -1.01%
2023-24	40.97% -0.03%	42.07% -2.05%	38.97% -0.05%
Average	36.40%	38.34%	34.92%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,034, the average number of admitted is 1,317, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 478.

The number of Hamilton applicants decreased by -2.59% (256 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Hamilton College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,017	1,364	491
2014-15	5,071 1.08%	1,336 -2.05%	469 -4.48%
2015-16	5,434 7.16%	1,348 0.90%	473 0.85%
2016-17	5,230 -3.75%	1,364 1.19%	472 -0.21%
2017-18	5,678 8.57%	1,375 0.81%	480 1.69%
2018-19	6,240 9.90%	1,328 -3.42%	481 0.21%
2019-20	8,339 33.64%	1,367 2.94%	473 -1.66%
2020-21	7,443 -10.74%	1,370 0.22%	438 -7.40%
2021-22	9,380 26.02%	1,313 -4.16%	525 19.86%
2022-23	9,899 5.53%	1,166 -11.20%	478 -8.95%
2023-24	9,643 -2.59%	1,157 -0.77%	474 -0.84%
Average	7,034	1,317	478

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Hamilton College and similar schools.