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Enrollment of Students by Classes, Fall 2008*

  Men   Women    Total 
Class of 2009 233   242   475
Class of 2010 221   235   456
Class of 2011 248   261   509
Class of 2012 207   258   465
Visiting & Part-Time Special Students   19   19    38
Total  928    1015    1943

* Numbers include students on campus as well as those in Hamilton-sponsored off-campus programs. Of the 134 students (mostly juniors) off campus last fall on approved academic leaves of absence, 57 were studying in non-Hamilton programs.

Geographic Distribution of Students by State and Country, 2008-09

State
  Students
  State
  Students
New York   545   Wisconsin   6
Massachusetts   253   Delaware   5
Connecticut   161   North Carolina   5
New Jersey   139   Tenessee   5
Pennsylvania   101   Idaho   4
California    52   Missouri   4
Maryland   50   Oklahoma   4
New Hampshire   40   Hawaii   3
Maine   33   Kansas   3
Vermont   30   New Mexico   3
Colorado   27   Alabama   2
Illinois   27   Alaska   2
Washington   24   Arkansas   2  
Minnesota   22   Indiana   2
Ohio   22   Kentucky   2
Virginia   21   Wyoming   2
Texas   15   Iowa   1
Georgia   14   Louisiana   1
Florida   13   Mississippi   1
Arizona   12   Montana   1
District of Columbia   12   Nebraska   1
Rhode Island   10   Nevada   1
South Carolina   10   North Dakota   1
Michigan   9   Utah   1
Oregon   7   West Virginia   1
         Area Europe   1
             
Country   Students
  Country   Students
China   20   Argentina   1
Canada   19   Bangladesh   1
United Kingdom   9   Bolivia   1
Hong Kong   4   Bosnia/Hercegovina   1
India   4   Botswana   1
South Korea   4   Brazil   1
Turkey   4   Czech Republic   1
France   3   Ecuador   1
Japan   3   El Salvadore   1
Zimbabwe   3   Greece   1
Bulgaria   2   Guyana   1
Columbia   2   Haiti  
Germany   2   Israel   1
Ghana   2   Kuwait   1
Honduras   2   Lithuania   1
Kenya   2   Malaysia   1
Mexico   2   Norway  
Nepal   2   Paraguay   1
Pakistan   2   Senegal   1
Phiilippines   2   Singapore   1
Romania   2   Spain   1
Saudi Arabia   2   Sri Lanka   1
South Africa   2   Vietnam   1
Sweden   2        
Switzerland   2        
Angola   1        


Student Retention

Of the 465 full-time first-year students who enrolled at Hamilton in the fall of 2001, 83.01 percent were graduated by the spring of 2006; 86.67 percent by the spring of 2007.