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University or college · Private nonprofit

Hamline University

St. Paul, MN368 online only

Hamline University is a private nonprofit university in St. Paul, MN, with about 2,064 students on campus.

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Students on campus
2,064
plus 368 studying only online
Admission rate
88%
higher than at 71% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$20,744
higher than at 53% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
60%
higher than at 61% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$61,106
higher than at 85% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Hamline University

Few families pay the sticker price

The full cost of a year is $58,110, but the average family on federal aid pays $20,744 after grants, about 64% less. What it costs ↓

What you study here makes a big difference to pay

Among Hamline University’s biggest bachelor’s programs, business administration graduates earn a median $72,945 four years out. English language and literature graduates earn $41,531. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $58,110 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $50,004Room & board $12,400Books & supplies $940

After grants, the average family on aid pays $20,744.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$16,767

About $67,068 over 4 years · 71% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Hamline University?

88%

of applicants admitted

About 18 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
568–728
SAT math
565–663
ACT
19–28

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1160.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
60%
within 6 years · Pell students 55%
Come back for year two
78%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$61,106
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$23,770
about $252 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

6.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$252 a month against about $3,928 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

71%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 88% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$56k
Middle income$30–75k
$61k
Higher incomeover $75k
$65k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Business 18%Social sciences 15%Biology 11%Education 9%Psychology 9%Legal studies 6%Everything else 32%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Psychology, General54 graduates a year · typical debt $21,500
$46k4 yrs out
Criminology41 graduates a year · typical debt $25,000
$61k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations25 graduates a year · typical debt $24,625
$73k4 yrs out
Biology, General24 graduates a year · typical debt $25,000
$50k4 yrs out
Political Science and Government24 graduates a year · typical debt $19,500
$53k4 yrs out
Marketing24 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Biology21 graduates a year · typical debt $22,250
$48k4 yrs out
Non-Professional Legal Studies20 graduates a year · typical debt $22,000
$65k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

1,776 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 55%Hispanic 10%Black 12%Asian 10%Two or more 6%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
14 : 1
students per teacher
41%
get Pell grants (lower income)
58%
take federal loans
5%
undergrads 25 or older
3%
study part time
The town around it

Living in St. Paul

8% of St. Paul’s 306,684 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ St. Paul pages.

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Straight-line distances from Hamline University; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.