Hilbert College

The facts say we're a four-year, liberal arts college in the Catholic, Franciscan tradition located in suburban Hamburg, NY, just outside of Buffalo.

But what makes us different is our size and style. With about 1,100 students, we're the right-sized environment for anyone looking to advance his or her career.

The feel at Hilbert is warm, friendly, and supportive. We want you to discover your unique interests and talents.Our caring faculty, staff and coaches will give you the individual attention you need to develop your talents and skills at your own pace.Located 10 minutes from the bustle and nightlife of Buffalo, Hilbert's campus has new, apartment-style student residences, and modern academic, administrative and athletic facilities.

McGrath Library provides the space and solitude you need with a professional staff and access to high-tech resources that put thousands of periodicals at your fingertips.If you are looking for a college in western New York, Hilbert is a great option for both commuter and residential students.Our newest state of the art, residential facility, Trinity Hall, houses 153 students. In addition, we offer traditional and apartment style housing.

For commuters, our campus is an easy drive from Buffalo, a few miles from Lake Erie and has easy access to the I-90.Students looking for a beautiful rural college campus near, but not "in", a big city, will discover that Hilbert is the best choice of the western New York colleges.

We invite you to look through our Web site or stop by for a visit. Hilbert's got the resources, spirit and support that makes careers take off. Hilbert also is one of the least expensive private colleges in New York and we offer the full compliment of college financial aid.

Hilbert College is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its Catholic Franciscan heritage and values. Students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed citizens committed to serving and strengthening their communities.

Hilbert College strives to be faithful to the deep and diverse historical foundations on which it rests. From the founding congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, we embrace the traditions of St. Francis: respect, service, hope, vision, joy, integrity, compassion, and peace. From the noble legacies of the liberal arts academy, we honor intellectual inquiry, freedom of thought, breadth of knowledge, and lifelong learning. And from our own history, we continue to reach out to students from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing them skills and resources to achieve success in a wide range of careers, recognizing that in today’s world, that entails equipping students to respond to a rapidly changing global environment.

The faculty and staff of Hilbert College are dedicated to providing students with individual attention and support while also allowing them to grow and explore new challenges. We celebrate the richness that comes from a diverse campus of individuals from many faiths and cultures. We emphasize the importance of service to our community, and we endeavor to be a voice for social justice in the world.

A Hilbert College education goes beyond the classroom. You'll have close working relationships with outstanding faculty, opportunities to gain hands-on experience through internships, and discover career directions you never considered before. Based on a stimulating liberal arts education, Hilbert's approach inspires a passion for learning and provides you a foundation for life. You'll be prepared to start your career immediately or continue your education at the graduate level. Explore our exciting majors.

According to the Association of American Colleges & Universities, “a truly liberal education is one that prepares us to live responsible, productive, and creative lives in a dramatically changing world. It is an education that fosters a well-grounded intellectual resilience, a disposition toward lifelong learning, and an acceptance of responsibility for the ethical consequences of our ideas and actions.” To achieve these broad objectives, Hilbert College believes that they cannot be taught in isolation but must be taught as an integral part of a cumulative, holistic curriculum that integrates into professional training the development of lifelong skills that transfer well to a wide variety of occupations.

As part of these general educational goals, the curriculum is designed to promote the following six objectives cumulatively over the student’s time at Hilbert. All courses will indicate which of the six objectives they are designed to strengthen. Certain required courses will attempt to reinforce all six objectives. Thus, the student will consciously monitor the development of these skills until, in the student’s senior year; the student will register for a capstone experience which will measure the student’s mastery of these six goals.

Newcomers to Hilbert inevitably ask where our name originates. It's a good place to start because the answer combines both our history and our philosophy.

The college is named after Mother Colette Hilbert, who, in 1897, established the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, which became the college's founding congregation. In 1957, the community founded a teacher training college for its members; in 1969, having broadened its curriculum to include degrees outside of teacher training and expanded its enrollment to include both men and women, the institution officially became known as Hilbert College.

In 1992, Hilbert began to offer four-year degrees for the first time; today, it offers 18 four-year degree programs, including one of only a few Computer Security and Information Assurance and Cybersecurity programs in the entire country and the first undergraduate Rehabilitation Services Program in Western New York. Hilbert added its first graduate programs in 2011 and adult and evening bachelor-level programs in 2012.