Hilbert College is a private Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 college located in the Town of Hamburg

Hamburg (town), New York

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, about 20 minutes south of Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

. The college is named after Mother Collette Hilbert of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph, who founded the school to train teachers in 1957. Hilbert College is currently a four-year co-educational liberal arts college with about 1,100 students currently enrolled.

Academic programs

Hilbert College currently offers 13 bachelor-level programs
, including:

• Accounting (three tracks offered: commercial, economic crime investigation, 5 year MA with St. Bonaventure University)
• Business Administration
• Criminal Justice
• Digital Media & Communication
• Computer Security & Information Assurance
• English
• Forensic Science/Crime Scene Investigation
• Human Services
• Liberal Studies
• Paralegal Studies
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Rehabilitation Services

In 2011, Hilbert College announced that it would begin offering Masters level degree programs in the fields of Criminal Justice Administration and Public Administration in the fall semester of 2011.

Athletics

Hilbert is a NCAA Division III institution and a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) as well as the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association. The following sports are currently offered:

Men's Sports

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Soccer
• Volleyball
• Golf
• Lacrosse - new for fall 2010

Women's Sports

• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Soccer
• Softball
• Volleyball
• Golf

Clubs and Organizations on Campus

• Alpha Beta Gamma
  Alpha Beta Gamma
  Alpha Beta Gamma is an international business honor society established in 1970 to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula. Alpha Beta Gamma provides leadership opportunities, forums for the exchange of ideas and the stimulation of interest in...
  
  
• Adventure Club
• Campus Activities Advisory Board
• Campus Ministry Club
• Chi Alpha Sigma
• Common Ground Club
• Communications Club
• Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation Association
• Dirty Dogs Lacrosse Club
• Drama Club
• Economic Crime and Investigation Club
• Great Expectations
• H-Files (Student Newspaper)
• Hockey Club
• Human Services Association
• Hilbert Horizons
• Lambda Epsilon Chi
  Lambda Epsilon Chi
  Lambda Epsilon Chi is a national academic honor society for paralegal students. Lambda Epsilon Chi recognizes students who have demonstrated superior academic performance in an established, qualified program of paralegal/legal assistant studies offered at an institution that is an Institutional...
  
  
• Phi Beta Lambda Student Business and Accounting Association
• Sigma Beta Delta
• Sigma Tau Delta
  Sigma Tau Delta
  Sigma Tau Delta is an international collegiate honor society for students of English. It presently has over 800 active chapters located in Europe, the Caribbean, the United States, and 1 chapter in the Middle East , with more than 1,000 faculty sponsors...
  
  
• Ski/Snowboarding Club
• Society of Fine Arts
• Student Ambassadors
• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
• Students in Free Enterprise
• Students Against Destructive Decisions