Hamilton College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 92% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 90% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 89% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 5% of our freshman graduate in five years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• government
• history
• economics

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in late August.

• 23% continue immediately.
• 60% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 6%
• Medical School: 5%
• Graduate Business Programs: 1%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 8%
• Other: 1%

• Boston University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, New York University, Syracuse U.

• B.F. Skinner, behavioral psychologist; Ezra Pound, poet; William Masters, sex researcher; Alexander Woollcott, writer and literary critic; Elihu Root, diplomat.