Hamline University
Private College in Saint Paul, MN. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $61,106.
Students who entered Hamline University reach a median of $61,106 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 61% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $23,770 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Hamline University admits 88% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 3,475 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 16% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 2% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 568–728 | 10 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 565–663 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–28 | 114 (24%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 61% finish inside six years. 78% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,685 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,390 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,371 at the $0–30k band to $27,196 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $32,417. 59% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 395 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,371 |
| $30–48k | $18,001 |
| $48–75k | $16,767 |
| $75–110k | $21,015 |
| $110k+ | $27,196 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 991 of these 1,685 students, totalling $6,507,406 — an average of $6,567 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ramsey County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)