Hampshire College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Four-one-four plan
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Hampshire College Academics

The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. In addition, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Career Counseling, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling and Women’s Services can help. For example, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Writing Center. Hampshire College is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Hampshire College.

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism

History:

History – General

Popular majors:

thirty-three percent visual and performing arts, twelve percent social sciences, ten percent english, nine percent area and ethnic studies, six percent history, five percent biology, five percent health professions, five percent philosophy and religious studies

Computer Science:

Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Computer/Information Sciences – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business – General, International Business

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Behavioral Sciences, Biological/Physical Sciences, Biopsychology, Global Studies, Mathematics/Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Neuroscience, Nutrition Sciences, Peace/Conflict Resolution Studies, technology & society

Foreign Language and Literature:

Comparative Literature, Linguistics

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Demography/Population Studies, Economics, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology, Urban Studies

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Philosphy and Religion:

Jewish/Judaic Studies, Philosophy, Philosophy & Religion – General, Religion/Religious Studies

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Predentistry, Premedicine, Preveterinary Medicine

English Language and Literature:

American Literature, English, English Literature (British)

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Arts – General, Dance, Design/Visual Communications, Drama/Theater Arts, Drawing, Film Production/Cinematography, Film Studies, Fine/Studio Arts, Multimedia, Music – General, Painting, Photography, Playwriting/Screenwriting, Sculpture

Education:

Early Childhood Education, Education – General, Elementary Education, Secondary Education

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of January. Further, for international students, the application fee is 55.

Hampshire College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 64% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 82%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of fifty-five dollars regular application fee, fifty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, fifty-five dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. An instance of this, there were one hundred and eighty total number of transfer students who applied and sixty-seven total number of transfer students who were admitted.

the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 1st of February. The regular application is due the 15th of January. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 15th of April. Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 1st of April. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. In addition, If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 15th of November, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 15th of December. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of January.

Hampshire College Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, FAFSA, Institution’s own financial aid form and Noncustodial PROFILE. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Minority Status and Leadership. Financial aid distribution is at seventy-nine percent scholarships per grants and twenty-one percent loans per jobs. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Minority Status and Leadership. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Hampshire College Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, three hundred and sixty-two degree-seeking undergrads and three hundred and ninety-two first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Furthermore, the student body consists of nineteen percent in-state students, eighty-one percent out-of-state students, sixty percent women, forty percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, five percent asian per pacific islander, four percent black per non-hispanic, four percent hispanic, eighty-four percent white per non-hispanic, three percent non-resident alien, one percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-eight percent in top 10th of graduating class, sixty-three percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety percent in top half of graduating class, twenty-eight percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, three percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and one percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. Furthermore, it is part of an Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Hampshire College offers Bachelor’s degrees. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Coed, where 64 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

This school features the Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, one hundred percent of first-year students live in college housing, ninety-two percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Special Housing For Disabled Students, one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, two hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Besides, the university has many unique facilites such as bioshelter (integrated greenhouse/aquaculture facility), farm center, electronic music production studio, extensive film and photography facilities, fabrication center, National Yiddish book center, museum of picturebook art. In other words, the school is located 90 miles from Boston, 20 miles from Springfield.

Hampshire College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Club and Women’s Club Baseball
• Men’s Club and Women’s Club Basketball
• Men’s Club and Women’s Club Cross_country
• Men’s Club and Women’s Club Soccer