Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Master of Fine Arts in Writing and Writing for Children and Young Adults, Master of Business Administration, Master of Nonprofit Management, Master in Public Administration, Doctorate in Public Administration, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Arts in Education, Doctorate in Education, Juris Doctor

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5 largest majors

Biology, Business, English, Political Science, Psychology

Faculty

Undergraduate faculty: 125 full-time, 99 part-time; 93% of full-time faculty hold the doctorate or highest degree in their field

Student/faculty ratio

12:1

Average class size

18

Accreditation & Approval

American Bar Association, American Chemical Society, Association of American Law Schools, Minnesota Board of Teaching, National Association of Schools of Music, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, University Senate of the United Methodist Church.

Pre-Professional Programs

Pre-medicine, pre-engineering, pre-law

Teaching Licensure Programs

K-12, K-8, Secondary

Certification Programs

Conflict studies, education, forensic science, international journalism, and paralegal

Intercampus Agreements

The Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) is a partnership with Augsburg College, the College of St. Catherine, Hamline University, Macalester College and the University of St. Thomas. The partnership allows students to register for courses at the other colleges, and collaborative majors are offered through the partnership.

Honors Program

Student/faculty collaborative research

Study Abroad Programs

Hamline students may participate in a variety of semester-long or summer study-abroad programs, including but not limited to those with the Higher Education Consortium of Urban Affairs (HECUA), International Student Exchange Program (ISEP), Interstudy, American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), Educational Programs Abroad (EPA), Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), and the School for International Training (SIT). Hamline has direct exchange programs with universities in Trier, Germany; Valaparaiso, Chile; Saint Louis, Senegal; and Dhaka, Bangladesh, and York, England as well as internships in locations such as England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, France, and Spain. Hamline also offers opportunities over the January Winter Term and through extended spring term courses where the travel portion is completed in late May and early June. In addition to Hamline faculty-led opportunities, they include program sites through the Upper Midwest Consortium of Intercultural Education (UMAIE) and various programs with the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC).

Internships/ career services

Hamline's field experience program gives all students the opportunity to combine work in a chosen area of academic and vocational interest with a related study project to earn college credit. Students participate in internships inside corporations, nonprofit organizations, health care facilities and state and local governments. Through Hamline's alumni network and university connections, students have been privileged to work with mentors in businesses and organizations throughout the area.

The Career Development Center provides a variety of placement services, including one-to-one counseling, resume writing workshops, training in job-seeking skills, career and employment opportunity information, on-campus interviewing, and maintenance of credential files. The Career Development Center also provides guidance to students who apply to graduate and professional schools and for fellowship/assistantship positions.