Hamilton College is a college town: 100 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside Hamilton College’s boundary, but Hamilton College’s campus in Clinton, with 2,048 students on campus, is 0.2 miles from the center of town, and Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing is 7.4 miles away in Utica. Across New York, 7 of every 100 residents are enrolled in college.
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Hamilton College. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Hamilton College
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in Hamilton College
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
100 of every 100 Hamilton College residents are in college (NY: 7).
How students change Hamilton College’s other numbers
Read the town’s other grades with this in mind. How TownRatings handles college towns →
Students who live off campus count in the Census poverty figures: 0.0% of Hamilton College residents are below the poverty line, 0.0% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 350 points either way). In college towns, the Jobs & income grade uses the rate without students and leaves unemployment out.
The Cost grade leaves out the share of renters paying 30% or more of income on rent wherever students are a quarter of residents or more (100% here): it would mostly measure student incomes.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and Hamilton College’s median age is 20.0 (New York 39.8), so the adult figures describe a young population.
Crime is counted per resident, and students who live here count as residents. A college with its own police department reports its incidents under that department, not the city.
Colleges within 15 miles of Hamilton College
Three private colleges within 7.4 miles, one public college within 10.7 miles, and two community colleges.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at Under $30k; the Census has no median household income for Hamilton College.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Hamilton College: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid.
Questions about college near Hamilton College
Is Hamilton College a college town?
Yes. 100 of every 100 Hamilton College residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 7 across New York. The nearest campus, Hamilton College, is 0.2 miles away in Clinton.
What colleges are near Hamilton College?
Within 15 miles: Hamilton College (0.2 miles, 2,048 students on campus), Utica University (7.4 miles, 2,130), Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing (7.4 miles, 146), Mohawk Valley Community College (9.7 miles, 5,194) and SUNY Polytechnic Institute (10.7 miles, 1,798).
What is the closest community college to Hamilton College, and what does it cost?
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing in Utica, 7.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $20,180 a year for New York residents.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Hamilton College. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →