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Hamilton College - Urbandale, IA
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Hamilton College - Urbandale, IA
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Hamilton College - Urbandale, IA
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Hamilton College - Urbandale, IA
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4655 121st Street
Urbandale, IA 50323
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General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
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(515) 727-2100 Ext.
(515) 727-2100 Ext.
(515) 727-2100 Ext.
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| About this School |
| Hamilton College is a private, independent liberal arts college located in Clinton, New York. It has been coeducational since 1978, when it merged with Kirkland College.
Hamilton is sometimes referred to as the 'College on the Hill', due to the school's location on top of College Hill, just outside of downtown Clinton. Hamilton College was ranked as the 15th best Liberal Arts College in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report in 2006.
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| History |
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Hamilton began in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, a K-12 school, and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812. The college was founded by Samuel Kirkland as part of missions work with the Oneida tribe. The college is named for Alexander Hamilton, who was a member of the first Board of Trustees of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy (though he never set foot on campus). Baron von Steuben, acting as Hamilton's surrogate, laid the college's cornerstone.
In 1978, the all-male Hamilton College merged with the all-female Kirkland College, which had been located adjacent to Hamilton. The primary public reason for the merger was Kirkland's imminent insolvency. This merger was not done lightly, overnight or without loud dissension by some; including large student protests on campus and their occupation of the President's Building for a few hours. It took nearly 7 years to complete the merger; 1979 was the last year in which female students were given the option of receiving a Kirkland diploma instead of a Hamilton diploma. There are still several former Kirkland faculty teaching at Hamilton that fondly remember being part of a very different academic community prior to the merger.
Today, the original Hamilton campus is referred to by students and some school literature as the "light side" or "north side" of the campus. Formerly that side of campus was referred to as the "Stryker Campus" after its former president, Melancthon Woolsey Stryker (or incorrectly "Striker Campus"). On the other side of the street separating the two campuses, the former Kirkland campus is referred to as the "dark side" (a reference to the lighting in the Kirkland College buildings).
Hamilton College is the third oldest college established in New York.
Since the 1970s Hamilton has been a member of the NESCAC athletic conference, which includes Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Williams.
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| Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students |
| Tuition and Fees | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 |
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| In-State | $13,020 | $12,825 | $12,000 |
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| Out of State | $13,020 | $12,825 | $12,000 |
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| Off Campus |
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| Room and board | $8,415 | $8,190 | $8,010 |
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| Other Expenses | $4,635 | $4,509 | $4,410 |
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| Off Campus w/ family |
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| Other Expenses | $3,042 | $2,961 | $2,890 |
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Financial aid 2005-2006
Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students
| Type of Aid | Percentage of students receiving aid | Average amount of aid they received |
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| Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
65% |
$822 |
| State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
34% |
$733 |
| Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
4% |
$1,274 |
| Loans to students |
95% |
$1,123 |
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Degrees offered by this school
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