Hamilton acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Hamilton admitted 1,210 of 8,904 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 13.6%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Hamilton counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Hamilton acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 8,904 | 1,210 | 13.6% | 478 | 39.5% |
| 2024-25 | 8,531 | 1,162 | 13.6% | 453 | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 9,643 | 1,135 | 11.8% | 462 | 40.7% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Hamilton
Hamilton waitlist
Hamilton SAT and ACT scores
What Hamilton says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Hamilton rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Character/personal qualities
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Character/personal qualities
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Character/personal qualities
Hamilton testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional. Hamilton does not require the SAT or ACT and applicants choose whether to submit; the page encourages submission for roughly 1400+ SAT or 32+ ACT.
From Hamilton’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
C1 totals are the residency table totals.
Hamilton acceptance rate questions
- What is the Hamilton acceptance rate?
- Hamilton's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 8,904 first-year applicants and 1,210 admitted, an acceptance rate of 13.6%. It was 13.6% in 2024-25 and 11.8% in 2023-24.
- What is the Hamilton early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 315 of 1,120 early decision applicants were admitted (28.1%), against 13.6% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Hamilton students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1440 to 1510, and ACT submitters scored 33 to 35. 35.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Hamilton waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Hamilton offered 2,032 applicants a place on the waitlist; 1,226 accepted one, and 49 were admitted from it.
- Does Hamilton require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional. Hamilton does not require the SAT or ACT and applicants choose whether to submit; the page encourages submission for roughly 1400+ SAT or 32+ ACT.
Applying to Hamilton?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Hamilton says it weighs.
Source: Hamilton Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Hamilton. All official acceptance rates