Hiram Profile

Undergraduate Enrollment

  • 1,200 (55 percent women, 45 percent men)
  • 31 percent of incoming first-year students are in the top 10 percent of their class.
  • Minority students comprise 15 percent of the student body.
  • Students come from 26 states and 23 foreign countries.

Weekend College

  • Established in 1977 to extend Hiram’s traditional undergraduate curriculum to adult learners.
  • Since the program’s inception, nearly 1,700 students have earned their Bachelor of Arts degree through Hiram’s Weekend College program.
  • About 300 students presently enrolled.
  • 8 majors: Accounting and Financial Management, Business Management, Communication, Environmental Studies, Healthcare Services Management, Humanities and Fine Arts, Social Studies, and Religious Studies

Graduate Enrollment

  • Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, a flexible interdisciplinary graduate program that enables students to examine issues from multiple perspectives and equips individuals with the knowledge, critical thinking abilities, analytical tools, communication skills, and aesthetic sensibilities to address complex, multi-faceted questions that do not lend themselves to straightforward solutions.
  • Limited to 20 students per entering class.

Faculty

  • 73 full-time faculty
  • 95 percent of faculty hold the Ph.D. or other terminal degree in their field.

Student to Faculty Ratio

13 to 1

Average Class Size

16

Degrees Offered

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  • Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

Academic Calendar

Known as the Hiram Plan, Hiram's calendar for the undergraduate program is comprised of two 15-week semesters divided into a 12-week traditional session during which students enroll in three courses and a 3-week session dedicated to a single course of study. The graduate program has a traditional 15-week semester.

Majors (30)

Accounting and financial management, art history, biochemistry, biology, biomedical humanities, biomedical humanities (acclerated 3-year program), chemistry, classical studies, communication, computer science, creative writing, economics, education, English, environmental studies, French, history, management, mathematics, music, neuroscience, nursing, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology/anthropology, Spanish, studio art, theatre arts.

Hiram also offers students the opportunity to create an individualized major that combines coursework from two or more departments.

Minors (38)

Includes the 30 major subject areas (with the exception of the acclerated biomedical humanities and education majors) as well as: ethics, exercise and sport science, gender studies, Greek, international studies, Latin, photography, public leadership, urban studies, writing.

Pre-Professional Programs

Business, dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, podiatry, seminary, veterinary.

Special Academic Programs

  • Dual degree plan in engineering between Hiram and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, or the School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Affiliated with the Washington Center, a Washington D.C.-based independent nonprofit organization that offers academic seminars and internship opportunities to students interested in politics.

Campus

A 110-acre campus lined with red brick buildings in Hiram, Ohio. Three miles from campus is located Hiram’s 390-acre biology field research station. The College also maintains an off-site field station called Northwoods in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Location

Hiram College is located in the historic village of Hiram, Ohio, 35 miles southeast of Cleveland.

Library

Constructed in 1995, the Hiram College Library combines comfortable study space with extensive resource materials. Hiram’s library is a U.S. government depository and receives approximately 7,000 federal documents annually. The general collection numbers 185,000-plus volumes but through OhioLINK, a consortium of Ohio’s colleges and university libraries plus the State Library of Ohio, that collection effectively increases to more than 7 million volumes. Additionally, the library subscribes to and catalogs roughly 800 periodicals of its own and offers students access to more than 4,000 journals through the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center.

Off-Campus Studies

Hiram offers domestic and international study trips to numerous destinations on six continents. Whereas many smaller schools rely on programs offered through larger universities, Hiram faculty and staff coordinate trips through our own Center for International Studies.

Clubs and Organizations

More than 70 on-campus student activities and organizations.

Athletics

NCAA Division III; North Coast Athletic Conference. Fourteen intercollegiate varsity sports for men and women.

Tuition & Fees, 2005-2006

Undergraduate residential

Tuition: $24,215. Average room and board costs: $7,980.

Weekend College

Tuition: $370 per credit hour.

Graduate

Tuition: $425 per credit hour.

Financial Aid

91 percent of residential, undergraduate Hiram students receive some form of financial aid. The average financial aid award exceeds $21,200.

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