Hiram College

Private · Moderately Selective · OH

Photo: Jm0371 (English Wikipedia) (Public Domain)

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationOH · Midwest

SettingRural

Undergrads777

Student:faculty11:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate48.9%

6-yr grad rate54.5%

Drop-out rate28.1%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$28k

Out-of-state tuition$28k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity49.8%

Gender diversity47.4%

International0.8%

Identity—

Overview

Hiram College is a small liberal-arts college in the Western Reserve village of Hiram, Ohio. James A. Garfield studied at its predecessor institution and later served as its principal before going on to Congress and the presidency, a history the college still highlights.

Academics

Hiram runs on the distinctive "Hiram Plan" calendar — each semester carries a full slate of standard courses that culminates in a single, focused three-week course taken alone, allowing for travel, intensive lab work, or off-campus study without competing against other coursework. Biomedical humanities is a distinctive offering that pairs pre-health preparation with ethics and humanities coursework, and environmental studies benefits from the college's own field station.

Campus & student life

The small Ohio village setting is quiet and rural, and the college's James H. Barrow Field Station gives environmental-science and biology students hands-on field access most small colleges lack.

Getting in

Hiram is not highly selective and reviews holistically, with attention to fit for its small, close-knit academic community.

Worth knowing

The three-week single-course terms embedded in the Hiram Plan are worth planning around directly — they are frequently used for travel courses or intensive off-campus experiences that a standard semester calendar would not accommodate.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate93.5%

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policynot used

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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