Hiram was founded in 1850 by the Disciples of Christ as the Western Reserve Eclectic ǰȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ŗŞŜŝȱ ȱ recognize its new collegiate rank when it became Hiram College. Since its first days, the College has been nonsectarian and coeducational, educating men and women from diverse backgrounds in a liberal arts tradition. Today, the College is a nationally-ranked private liberal arts college.
Location The College is located in the rolling hills of rural, northeastern Our eight Centers of Distinction foster collaborative learning: Ohio in the village of Hiram. The founders selected this location ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȃhealthy and free of distractionsǯȄȱȱWith x Center for Engaged Ethics; a population of 1,439 residents and with the College occupying x Center for Literature, Medicine, and Biomedical Humanities; 19% of its acreage, the village still meets those original parameters. x Center for DecȱȂȱLanguages; However, the village is within 48 minutes of three major urban x Center for the Study of Nature and Society; areas, these being Cleveland to the northwest, Akron to the x Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature; southwest and Youngstown to the southeast. x Garfield Institute for Public Leadership; x Center for Global Interaction; and Campus x Center for Integrated Entrepreneurship. ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ Ȃȱ 110-acre campus is home to 22 academic and administrative The centers capitalize on the CȂȱ -standing strength of buildings, and athletic facilities and fields. Eighty percent of the applying interdisciplinary approaches to complex, multi-faceted traditional undergraduate students are living in the 10 residence questions that do not lend themselves to straightforward solutions. halls and 26 ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ś53- acre field station used for biology and environmental studies and Writing is at the heart of almost every course offered at Hiram. In research, and for wildlife rehabilitation. The College also support of our comprehensive commitment to writing, the maintains Northwoods, a primitive, 14-acre field station located on CollegeȂ has established its Writing Center to help students with Ȃȱȱǯ papers and writing assignments.
Accreditations Hands-on experiential learning is also a hallmark of a Hiram Hiram is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the education. One hundred percent of Hiram undergraduate biology North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, most recently and chemistry majors perform significant research. Thirty percent in 2010. Other accreditations include the Commission on of Hiram alumni enroll in graduate or professional school within Collegiate Nursing Education, the American Chemical Society, and 12 months of earning their undergraduate degree and over 50 the National Association of Schools of Music, and the National percent enroll within five years. Council on the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Graduation and Retention Academic Calendar 6-year Graduation Rate 63.0% Hiram was the first college in the country to develop and First Year-to-Sophomore Retention Rate 75.7% implement an innovative schedule consisting of two 15-week Degrees Awarded (Class of 2013) 264 semesters, divided into 12-week and 3-week terms. This schedule Bachelor of Arts 247 was instituted particularly for its power to facilitate intensive Bachelor of Science in Nursing 14 study of a single subject through research, faculty-led study Master of Arts 3 abroad, internships, and experiential learning. Majors with largest number of graduates 1. Accounting/Financial Management 37 (14%) Non-ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ 2. Management 23 (8.7%) Weekend College. The Weekend College, founded in 1977, is the 3. Business Management (Weekend College) 19 (7.1%) oldest continuing program of its kind in the country offering 4. Nursing 14 (5.3%) bachelor degrees to non-traditional learners in an alternating 5. Psychology 13 (4.9%) weekend format that allows students to graduate in four years. 5. Social Science (Weekend College) 13 (4.9%)
Academic Program Faculty Throughout its 163-year history, Hiram College has been Full-Time Faculty 81 recognized for its innovative and rigorous curriculum. Today, the Part-Time Faculty 65 College offers a traditional, four-year liberal arts education Full-Time Faculty with terminal degree 89% distinguished by both breadth and depth. Students may pursue a Full-Time Faculty with tenure 53% Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, bachelor degrees in 30 Student-Faculty Ratio 11:1 academic majors, and minors in 37 disciplines. Students may Average Class Size 16 create an individualized major that combines coursework from two or more departments and to pursue an engineering degree through a 3+2 plan with Case Western Reserve University.
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There are endowed chairs in English, liberal arts, ethics, Administration and Finances biomedical humanities, and mathematics, the sciences and ȱȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǯȱȱȂŜşǰȱȱȱ technology. maximum of 40 voting members. Thomas V. Chema has been ȂȱȱȱŘŖŖŚǯ Enrollment (Fall 2013) Total Students 1,296 Operating Budget (2013/2014) $30,689,020 Traditional College Undergraduate Students 1,033 College Managed Endowment (June 2013) $48,958,056 Professional Studies Undergraduate Students 236 Funds Held In Trust by Others $16,019,919 Professional Studies Graduate Students 27 Total Endowment $64,977,975 Full-Time Enrollment Rate 87% Full-Time Staff 161 Female Students 55% Part-Time Staff 22 Racial/Ethnic Composition American Indian, Alaskan Native 0.1% Hiram College is a not-for-profit Ohio corporation, exempt under Asian, Pacific Islander 1.3% section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Black, Non-Hispanic 13.4% Hispanic 3.6% Advancement (2012/2013) Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 0.4% Total Outright Gifts $4,852,277 Non-Resident Alien 4.0% Total Alumni 21,471 Two or More Races 2.0% Living Alumni 15,243 White, Non-Hispanic 70.7% Alumni of Record (90% correct addresses) 13,874 Race/Ethnicity Unknown 4.5% Geographic Representation Athletics & Student Organizations U.S. States & District of Columbia 34 Sixteen varsity teams, eight for men and eight for women, Other Countries 26 participate in NCAA Division III intercollegiate baseball, International Students 3.6% basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, United States Students 96.4% swimming and diving, and volleyball. The teams compete in the Ohio Students 86.2% North Coast Athletic Association consisting of ten academically- Northeast Ohio Students 73.6% selective colleges and universities in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Thirty-five percent of Hiram students are involved Entering Student Profile (Class of 2017) in intercollegiate sports. Terriers, the nickname for the teams, was Number Applied (U.S. & International) 2,530 adopted in 1928. School colors are red and blue. Acceptance Rate 57.3% Number Enrolled 354 The College offers more than 70 academic, social, political, special Average SAT Critical Reading Score 514 interest, recreational sports, and service organizations including Average SAT Mathematics score 519 five Greek social clubs. Average SAT Composite score 1,033 Average ACT Composite score 22 Achievements and Recognitions Minimum paper-based TOEFL score 550 In recognition of its high academic standards, affordability, and Average high school grade point average 3.24 student retention, the College has been consistently endorsed by First Generation 36.6% national publications. Our most recent accolades include: x The College was recognized in the 2014 ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ Fees Ȃȱȱ, a listing of the 650 best colleges in the Traditional College Undergraduate United States. Hiram placed 88th among Midwestern colleges. Tuition $29,065 x Hiram is included in the 2014 ȱȱȱ Ȃȱ Room and Board $9,860 The Best 378 Colleges, placing in the top 15% of private and Weekend College per Credit Hour $425 public colleges in the United States. Hiram was recognized Graduate School per Credit Hour $470 for academic excellence, its close-knit community and strong student-professor relationships. The Hiram College Tuition Guarantee ensures that the annual cost x Hiram ranked first in Ohio in The Washington Monthly ȃȱ for tuition will not increase between the first year a student is ȱȱȱȄȱ2013 rankings of 349 liberal arts colleges enrolled at Hiram and the student's senior year. While students at for our commitment of financial aid to high-need students, other institutes of higher education are never certain what type of above average graduation rates, the total cost of attendance annual tuition increase they will encounter, Hiram students know: and the ability of graduates to find meaningful jobs as there will be no increase. measured against student loan default rates. x U.S. News and World Reports 2014 Best Colleges ranking Financial Aid placed Hiram 156th among national liberal arts colleges and Students receiving aid 94% ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȃ-ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȅǰȱ ȱ Students receiving need-based aid 80% strong indicator of student satisfaction and the success of our Students receiving aid whose need was fully met 32% personalized attention approach to education. Average aid package $23,157 Average debt at graduation $28,237 As a testament to our academic excellence, Hiram is one of only 10% of the colleges and universities with a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the United States.
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