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Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Plains·hamline.edu
6-yr Graduation
60%
+10.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
2,565
peer median 2,579
Avg net price
$20,744
-$1.6k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
3,475
3,475 candidates competed
Admitted
3,045
87.6% acceptance rate
Enrolled
483
15.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
60%+10.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
50%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
60%
Full-time retention
78%

Pell equity

9.3pp gap
Pell recipients
55%119 of 217
Non-Pell (all)
64%205 of 319
Subsidized loan, no Pell
61%95 of 157
No Federal Aid
68%110 of 162

Non-Pell students graduate at a 9.3-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 72 Title IV programs, 23 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 49 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
72
Passing
23
31.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

72programs
  • Passing23 · 31.9%
  • No Data49 · 68.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
4
Safe
18
No data
49

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

23
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+6.0%
$52,471 vs $49,483
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+13.8%
$41,531 vs $36,491
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+17.2%
$42,751 vs $36,491
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Graduate Certificate · Education
+20.6%
$55,966 vs $46,391
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+24.0%
$45,253 vs $36,491
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+25.9%
$45,927 vs $36,491
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+28.5%
$46,877 vs $36,491
Human Biology
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+32.9%
$48,483 vs $36,491

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

23
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Master's Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
99%
$52,100 debt · $52,471 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
65%
$27,000 debt · $41,531 earn
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
63%
$27,000 debt · $42,751 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
63%
$39,774 debt · $63,173 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
56%
$26,250 debt · $46,877 earn
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
55%
$25,000 debt · $45,253 earn
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Master's Degree · Education
53%
$32,644 debt · $62,193 earn
Education General
Bachelor Degree · Education
51%
$25,125 debt · $48,878 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1934Next review Aug 2028
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1914

Programmatic accreditations · 4

Action history · 3

  1. Feb 2018Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  2. Feb 2018Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  3. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$15,371
$30–48k$18,001
$48–75k$16,767
$75–110k$21,015
$110k+$27,196

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$20,744
-$1,564vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $22,309
Federal loans
58.0%
In-state tuition
$50,004
Out-of-state
$50,004

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 865 students received $5.0M in Pell grants, alongside $15.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
865
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.0M
$4,976,409 total
Direct Loans
$15.1M
2,354 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.7M
864 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.4M
949 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$4.5M
337 loan awards
Parent PLUS$3.1M
176 loan awards
Grad PLUS$472K
28 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 1,099 borrowers who entered repayment, 13 (1.1%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,099
Defaulted
13
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.4%
2017
3.3%
2018
3.2%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Hamline

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs73
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

597 total completions
01Education
14023.5%
02Business
13622.8%
03Social Sciences
7913.2%
04Biological Sciences
498.2%
05Legal Professions
447.4%
06Psychology
427.0%
07English Language
427.0%
08Multi/Interdisciplinary
254.2%
09Communication
233.9%
10Parks/Recreation
172.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
2,565
12-mo unduplicated
3,197
Undergraduate
1,932
Graduate
1,265

Gender split

Men
34%1,101
Women
66%2,096

Race / ethnicity composition

White
55.4%
Black
12.4%
Hispanic
10.3%
Asian
9.7%
Two or more
5.5%
Unknown
5.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.7%
Non-resident
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
526
277 M · 249 W
Women athletes
47.3%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$3.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$19K
$24K
Head-coach salaries
$33K
$38K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
49 M · 59 W
$300K
Football
79 M ·
$402K
Soccer
38 M · 34 W
$255K
Ice Hockey
28 M · 25 W
$522K
Basketball
21 M · 21 W
$387K
Baseball
42 M ·
$340K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
6.99
17 offenses · 2,432 students

3-year trend

5.802 yrs ago6.071 yr ago6.99Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
50
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
13
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
7
Motor vehicle theft
6
Rape
2
Fondling
2

By location

17total
  • On campus15
  • Public property2

Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
3
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs08
Liquor016

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
109

Hamline vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Hamline selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectHamline University
60%2,565$20,744Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
52%82.0%3,249$23,873Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
45%78.9%6,003$18,462Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
50%71.0%2,056$31,320Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
50%95.7%2,592$14,956Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
43%55.2%1,961$27,715Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median50%78.9%2,579$22,309

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Explore the federal data for institutions in Hamline's comparison group.

Hamline Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Email
inst-effectiveness [at] hamline.edu
Address
1536 Hewitt Avenue, MS-C1931, Saint Paul, MN 55104, United States

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness supports the university's mission, values, and core commitments by providing institutional research and leadership in the areas of institutional data analysis, accreditation, compliance, and assessment. The office also compiles common data sets related to enrollment, graduation, and student demographics.

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Team
1 member
  • Jon Kwiatkowski
    Data Solutions Architect/Director of Institutional Effectiveness

Frequently asked questions about Hamline University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Hamline.

What is the graduation rate at Hamline University?

Hamline University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 60% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Hamline University?

Hamline University reports a total enrollment of 2,565 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Hamline University?

The average net price at Hamline University is $20,744 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Hamline University?

Hamline University's yield rate is 15.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Hamline University located?

Hamline University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284.

Who runs Institutional Research at Hamline University?

Hamline University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.

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