by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Hilbert College was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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Hilbert College landed the #352 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Hilbert College held the #1,203 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Hilbert College also holds the #36 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
The acceptance rate at Hilbert College is 95%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into Hilbert College is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Hilbert College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hilbert College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Hilbert College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Hilbert College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 54%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Hilbert College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 746 undergraduates at Hilbert College with 716 being full-time and 30 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,637 | $15,861 | $15,993 | $18,905 | $21,416 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Hilbert College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Hilbert College, approximately 92% of students took out student loans averaging $5,177 a year. That adds up to $20,708 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Hilbert College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5200 S Park Ave, Hamburg, NY 14075-1597 |
| Phone: | 716-649-7900 |
| Website: | www.hilbert.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 66 | $39,408 |
| Security Science and Technology | 66 | $32,374 |
| Human Services | 14 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 12 | $45,854 |
| General Psychology | 6 | NA |
| Public Administration | 6 | NA |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 5 | NA |
| General English Literature | 5 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 5 | NA |
| Accounting | 3 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 347 students took at least one online class at Hilbert College. This is an increase from the 88 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 347 | 124 |
| 2021-2022 | 88 | 54 |
| 2020-2021 | 801 | 10 |
| 2018-2019 | 123 | 6 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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