Hamilton College

Hamilton publishes 14% (Fall 2025 entering class). Early Decision applicants got in at 28%; everyone else at 12%.

Acceptance rate

What Hamilton's 14% is made of

The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Hamilton reports itself.

By application round

28%

Early Decision

12%

Everyone else

Fall 2025 entering class (Class of 2029)

Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.

Testing

Policy: Test-optional. Hamilton states it 'does not require the SAT or ACT' and gives full consideration regardless of submission; roughly half of enrolled students choose to submit scores. Self-reported scores allowed at application; official scores required by enrollment if submitted. Superscoring accepted for both SAT and ACT.
Source (high confidence)All 100 schools
SAT middle 50%: 1450–1550sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
ACT middle 50%: 33–35
Average HS GPA: Not published by the school

Applying

Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.

At a glance

Sources

Hamilton test policy (2026-27)
Hamilton deadlines
Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-14.

Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.

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