NY
Hamilton College
11.82 incidents / 1,000 students
Clinton, NY · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Hamilton College
Across 2022–2024, Hamilton College reported 32 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: St. Thomas Aquinas College.
- 11.82
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,965
- Rank of 2,072
- #195
- NY rank
- 2,031
- Enrolled students
11.82 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Hamilton College reports 11.82 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 234% above Saint Norbert College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Saint Norbert College (3.44/1k); American International College (5.89/1k); Assumption University (6.87/1k); St. Thomas Aquinas College (1.47/1k); Washington State College of Ohio (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes St. Thomas Aquinas College (1.47/1k); Alfred University (2.99/1k); Wagner College (2.50/1k); Union College (7.75/1k); St Lawrence University (7.03/1k); SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (3.52/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo (0.00/1k); Roberts Wesleyan University (5.61/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 11.82
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,965
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 95%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 14
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 191515 · Hamilton College 11.82/1k score rate · #1,965/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-HOT 11.82/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,965/2,072
- ST-MID #195 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Assumption University · +4.94
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 133%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 2,031
- FIRE-REPORT 3 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: Assumption University (-4.94/1k)
Hamilton College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Assumption University. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.
Clery plate RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Assumption University (-4.94/1k). National rank #1,965 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Hamilton College reports 11.82 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 234% above Saint Norbert College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Saint Norbert College (3.44/1k); American International College (5.89/1k); Assumption University (6.87/1k); St. Thomas Aquinas College (1.47/1k); Washington State College of Ohio (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes St. Thomas Aquinas College (1.47/1k); Alfred University (2.99/1k); Wagner College (2.50/1k); Union College (7.75/1k); St Lawrence University (7.03/1k); SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (3.52/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo (0.00/1k); Roberts Wesleyan University (5.61/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Hamilton College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Hamilton on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Washington State College of · lowest peer 0
Washington State College of Ohio — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Saint Norbert College · near 3.44
Saint Norbert College — near
3.44 per 1,000 students
- American International College · near
American International College — near
5.89 per 1,000 students
- Assumption University · near
Assumption University — near
6.87 per 1,000 students
- Hamilton College · this campus · highest
Hamilton College — this campus · highest
11.82 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Hamilton College's 11.82/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Hamilton College increased from 12 to 14 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.
This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.
See national reporting-year changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 37 NY 4-year peers in this comparison, Hamilton College is larger than 56% and safer-reporting than 8% - the larger, higher-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Hamilton College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay Graduate School of Education | 1,324 | 0.00 | 0 | 72 |
| Upstate Medical University | 1,341 | 23.12 | 3 | 3 |
| Keuka College | 1,366 | 19.03 | 6 | 6 |
| Yeshivath Viznitz | 1,389 | 0.00 | 8 | 72 |
| Dominican University New York | 1,396 | 7.16 | 11 | 25 |
| Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 1,405 | 0.00 | 14 | 72 |
| SUNY Maritime College | 1,413 | 0.00 | 17 | 72 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 1,424 | 2.81 | 19 | 50 |
| American Musical and Dramatic Academy | 1,452 | 3.44 | 22 | 39 |
| LIM College | 1,467 | 0.00 | 25 | 72 |
| New York Medical College | 1,471 | 0.00 | 28 | 72 |
| Hamilton College (this campus) | 2,031 | 11.82 | 56 | 8 |
Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Hamilton College rose from 12 to 14 (+17%). The increase shows up in Fondling (4 to 6), Burglary (0 to 1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Rape (8 to 6).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at Hamilton College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling, Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyHamilton College: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 133% (6 → 14 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Fondling | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 40 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 9 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 61 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Hamilton College vs peer institutions
Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment
Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).
WI
Saint Norbert College
3.44 incidents / 1,000 students
MA
American International College
5.89 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Hamilton College sits on price and outcomes
At $28,985, Hamilton College's reported average net price is cheaper than 80% among 326 New York colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,940.
- $28,985
- average net price
- $17,940
- New York median
- 3.5×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $38,879
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $8,028, while those above $110,000 record $46,907 - roughly 5.8 times as much. A published average of $28,985 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $60,082 run about 2.1 times the annual net price. The margin is real but narrow, so how many years of price a student actually pays matters a great deal here.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $68,960
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $68,960
- Avg Net Price
- $28,985
- Median Debt
- $17,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 18%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- SAT Average
- 1506
- SAT Math Range
- 730-780
- ACT Average
- 34
- ACT Range
- 33-35
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 91%
- Retention Rate
- 95%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $60,082
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $78,411
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 92%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,310 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Saint Norbert College
De Pere, WI · 2,032 enrolled
Safety Score 3.44
American International College
Springfield, MA · 2,037 enrolled
Safety Score 5.89
Assumption University
Worcester, MA · 2,037 enrolled
Safety Score 6.87
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, NY · 2,037 enrolled
Safety Score 1.47
Washington State College of Ohio
Marietta, OH · 2,025 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Hamilton College (national rank #1965) sits near Emory University (#1966) and Newberry College (#1964) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Hamilton College, both outside NY so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Saint Norbert College
De Pere, WI · 2,032 enrolled
Safety score 3.44
American International College
Springfield, MA · 2,037 enrolled
Safety score 5.89
Assumption University
Worcester, MA · 2,037 enrolled
Safety score 6.87
Washington State College of Ohio
Marietta, OH · 2,025 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
North Chicago, IL · 2,021 enrolled
Safety score 2.47
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY · 2,020 enrolled
Safety score 4.46
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS · 2,017 enrolled
Safety score 3.47
Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, PA · 2,017 enrolled
Safety score 2.97
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · 15,175 enrolled
Safety score 11.86
Haverford College
Haverford, PA · 1,431 enrolled
Safety score 11.88
Landmark College
Putney, VT · 672 enrolled
Safety score 11.90
Newberry College
Newberry, SC · 1,536 enrolled
Safety score 11.72
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · 26,133 enrolled
Safety score 11.71
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID · 1,090 enrolled
Safety score 11.93
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK · 3,914 enrolled
Safety score 12.01
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA · 3,153 enrolled
Safety score 12.05
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Hamilton College safe?
Hamilton College has a safety score of 11.82 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,965 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Saint Norbert College (3.44/1k). Same-state same-level set: St. Thomas Aquinas College (1.47/1k); Alfred University (2.99/1k); Wagner College (2.50/1k); Union College (7.75/1k); St Lawrence University (7.03/1k); SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (3.52/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo (0.00/1k); Roberts Wesleyan University (5.61/1k).
What crimes are reported at Hamilton College?
For calendar year 2024, Hamilton College reported Fondling (6), Rape (6), Burglary (1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Hamilton College compare to similar schools?
Hamilton College reports 234% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Saint Norbert College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Saint Norbert College (3.44/1k); American International College (5.89/1k); Assumption University (6.87/1k); St. Thomas Aquinas College (1.47/1k); Washington State College of Ohio (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: St. Thomas Aquinas College (1.47/1k); Alfred University (2.99/1k); Wagner College (2.50/1k); Union College (7.75/1k); St Lawrence University (7.03/1k); SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (3.52/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo (0.00/1k); Roberts Wesleyan University (5.61/1k).
Does Hamilton College have fire safety data?
Yes. Hamilton College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 3 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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