HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE D-5

893 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Tel: (413)549-4600; 877-937-4267
Admissions: (413)559-5471
Fax: (413)582-5631
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hampshire.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1965. Setting: 800-acre rural campus. Endowment: $29.6 million. Research spending 2003-04: $940,930. Educational spending 2003-04: $9796 per student. Total enrollment: 1,352. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 2,180 applied, 59% were admitted. 26% from top 10% of their high school class, 59% from top quarter, 88% from top half. 7 National Merit Scholars, 74 class presidents, 2 valedictorians, 67 student government officers. Full-time: 1,352 students, 58% women, 42% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 26 other countries, 84% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 3% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 1% 25 or older, 93% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 79% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: visual/performing arts; English; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: 4-1-4. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, double major, internships. Off campus study at members of Five Colleges, Inc. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 1/15, 11/15 for early decision, 12/1 for early action. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision, 1/15 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. Comprehensive fee: $39,091 includes full-time tuition ($30,418), mandatory fees ($560), and college room and board ($8113). College room only: $5174. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 80 open to all. Most popular organizations: Alternative Music Collective, Jewish Student Union, Student Action for Radical Change, Theatre Board, Red Scare Ultimate Frisbee. Major annual events: Spring Jam, Hampshire Halloween, The QCA Drag Ball. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,179 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Harold F. Johnson Library with 136,326 books, 5,429 microform titles, 2,288 serials, 39,135 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.3 million. 186 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Amherst College.