Hamilton College (New York)
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| Latin: Collegii Hamiltonensis | |
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Former name
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Hamilton-Oneida Academy (1793-1812) |
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| Motto | Γνωθι Σεαυτόν (Greek) |
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Motto in English
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Know Thyself |
| Type | Private liberal arts college |
| Established | 1793 |
| Endowment | $817.2 million (2016) |
| President | David Wippman |
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Academic staff
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191 |
| Undergraduates | 1,850 |
| Location |
Clinton, New York, U.S. 43°03′09″N 75°24′20″W / 43.052364°N 75.405657°WCoordinates: 43°03′09″N 75°24′20″W / 43.052364°N 75.405657°W |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Continental blue and Buff |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – NESCAC, MAISA |
| Nickname | Continentals |
| Affiliations |
Oberlin Group Annapolis Group CLAC |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 50 |
| Liberal arts colleges | |
| U.S. News & World Report | 12 |
| Washington Monthly | 29 |
Hamilton College is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college located in the village of Clinton, New York, in the Mohawk Valley region of the Eastern United States (in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains). Founded as a boys' school in 1793, it was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812. It has been coeducational since 1978, when it merged with its sister school Kirkland College. Hamilton's student body is 52% female and 48% male and comes from 49 U.S. states and 45 countries.
Hamilton College is ranked 12th among "National Liberal Arts Colleges" in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.
Hamilton began in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, a seminary founded by Rev. Samuel Kirkland, a Presbyterian minister, as part of his missionary work with the Oneida tribe. The seminary admitted both white and Oneida boys. Kirkland named it in honor of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, who was a member of the first Board of Trustees of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy.
The Academy became Hamilton College in 1812, making it the third oldest college in New York after Columbia and Union, after it expanded to a four-year college curriculum. By the end of the nineteenth century, its colorful ninth President M. Woolsey Stryker distanced Hamilton from the Presbyterian Church (although he was a minister of that denomination and published many hymns), and sought to make it a more secular institution.
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