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# Hamline University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Hamline University?

Hamline University’s reported acceptance rate is 87.6%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
87.6%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Hamline University admitted 87.6% of applicants in the reported entering class, so the published rate describes an admissions outcome rather than an individual prediction. The rate stands above the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Hamline University students report?

At Hamline University, the middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1,133 and 1,391. For those who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 19 to 28.

These figures describe the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters. They are not admission cutoffs, and they do not represent every enrolled student.

An applicant comparing their own scores to these ranges should see them as a snapshot of the students who chose to submit, not as a floor the university sets.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Hamline University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1133

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1391

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
19

**75th percentile**
28

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Hamline University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
40.7%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
19.9%

**First-year retention**
78.2%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Hamline University brings together undergraduates using Pell Grants and those arriving after study elsewhere. Its undergraduate enrollment is 1,776 undergraduates, with 40.7% receiving Pell Grants, a financial-access measure.

An estimated 19.9% of undergraduates enter as transfers or part-time students. The mix points to a campus composed of people with different financial circumstances and entry paths, rather than one defined only by direct entry from high school.

These figures describe enrolled undergraduates and estimated entry routes, not admission priorities or any individual applicant’s odds.

Hamline University’s completion and return figures both sit above the middle values for comparable institutions, although Pell recipients finish at a slightly higher rate than the overall cohort. Its [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 60.5%, above the peer median of 54.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

First-year retention is 78.2%, compared with a peer median of 74.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort have a six-year completion rate of 60.7%, above the overall rate by 0.2 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect retention and completion measures that exceed the comparable-institution medians. The retention, graduation, and Pell completion figures point in the same direction.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).