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Miami University-Hamilton

Hamilton, Ohio · Large suburb

Admit rate
$11,286
Avg net price
25%
Graduation rate
$55,076
Median earnings

Miami University-Hamilton is a public bachelor's-granting institution in Hamilton, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 2,043 undergraduates.

PublicMidsize · 2,043 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Hamilton, Ohio

Hamilton is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Hamilton originated as Fort Hamilton, named to honor Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury. The fort was constructed in September through October 1791 by General Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory. The industrial city is seeking to revitalize through the arts; it declared itself the "City of Sculpture" in 2000. That initiative has since attracted many sculpture installations to the city, which founded the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To Great Lakes shore
164 miles
Nearest airport
21 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)

How Miami University-Hamilton compares

Graduation rate25%

Higher than 8% · #65 of 73 in Ohio

First-year retention53%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$55,076

Higher than 54% · #24 of 74 in Ohio

Average net price$11,286

Cheaper than 87% · #10 cheapest of 73 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$23,000

Lower than 53%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 59%

Undergraduate enrollment2,043

Larger than 58%

Percentiles compare Miami University-Hamilton with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

2,085students
  • Undergraduate2,04398%
  • Graduate422%

Undergraduates by gender

2,043undergrads
  • Women1,10754%
  • Men93646%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White67%
  • Black9.6%
  • Hispanic7.6%
  • Asian4.9%
  • Other or multiracial11%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,043
Graduate enrollment
42
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
30%
First-generation students
23%
Students over 25
16%
Median family income
$79,777
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$74,403

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 475 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Ohio89%
  • Other U.S. states9.1%
  • International1.7%

Most first-years stay in state — Miami University-Hamilton draws overwhelmingly from Ohio.

2% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$7,491
Out-of-state tuition
$19,407
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,250
Total cost of attendance
$15,352
Average net price
$11,286

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
25%
Graduated on time (4 years)
12%
First-year retention
53%
Transferred to another college
30%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$49,773
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$55,076
Median debt at graduation
$23,000
Students with federal loans
32%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
53%

About 13% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
12%
Low-income (Pell)
45%
First-generation
47%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$35

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (2,480 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$7,760
$30–48k
$8,737
$48–75k
$11,171
$75–110k
$13,775
$110k+
$14,425

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$53,432

$11,171/year × about 4.8 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

35%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,586
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 35% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,586. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 467 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$55,076
Typical debt at graduation
$23,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
42%
Out-earn a HS grad
68%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$50,301
Men
$62,653

Men out-earn women by $12,352 (25%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
87°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
41.4″
Annual snow
16″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hamilton Butler CO Rgnl AP, OH US station (2.3 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.