• About Hamline

  • Fast Facts

    • Whatever your academic interests, you can find them in Hamline’s more than 50 areas of study.
       
    • Hamline is the top-ranked Minnesota university in its class according to U.S.News & World Report.
       
    • Hamline is ranked in the top fifteen in the “Great School, Great Price” category (in which schools are ranked in terms of dollar value for the quality of education) by U.S.News & World Report.
       
    • Hamline students come from 36 states and 62 countries; 23% of students are multicultural.
       
    • Hamline is an intimate community of 1,866 undergraduate students, part of a larger Hamline community of 5,000 students.
       
    • 100% of students complete an internship, collaborative research, a service learning project, or field-based research.
       
    • More than 90% of students receive need- or merit-based gift aid.
       
    • Hamline students are smart -- 20% are from the top 10% of their class.
       
    • Hamline’s undergraduate student-faculty ratio is 12:1. 
    • Hamline School of Business graduate students generally have between 3 and 10 years of professional experience.
       
    • 95% of full-time, undergraduate faculty hold the PhD or highest degree in their field.
       
    • Hamline is Minnesota’s first university, and among the first coeducational universities in the nation.
       
    • Hamline students are involved in more than 80 student organizations, 19 athletic teams, and 5 musical groups.
       
    • 40 Fulbright scholars, 5 Rhodes scholars, and 1 Truman scholar have graduated from Hamline.
       
    • Hamline is one of only 280 Phi Beta Kappa institutions in the country.
       
    • The only United Methodist university in Minnesota, Hamline fosters a community ethic of social justice and civic responsibility.
       
    • Pipers study abroad in more than 40 countries.
       
    • Students contribute nearly 47,000 hours of community service annually. More than half engage in community service each year.
       
    • Hamline offers a four-year graduation guarantee: Earn your bachelor's degree in four years or we'll pay the difference -- a potential savings of $40,000-$60,000.
    • Hamline's graduate students hail from nearly 40 different countries.
    • Hamline School of Business graduate students range in age, with the majority age being between the ages of 25 and 34 years old. 
  • Recent news
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      For the eight consecutive year, Hamline will host the Minnesota State High School League (MSHL) Track and Field Championships (June 7 & 8).
    • Professor and Director of Forensic Sciences Sue Myster was featured in a story on WCCO regarding her work with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).
    • Hundreds of teachers will come to Hamline July 15 - 18 to attend the 23rd Annual Summer Literacy Institute. The theme for this year is, Stretching Minds, Reaching Learners.

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