Amherst, Massachusetts · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Rural area
Overview
Hampshire College is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Amherst, Massachusetts. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 844 students in fall 2024.
Hampshire College offers bachelor's degrees across 93 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Art/Art Studies, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other, and Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts. It awarded 132 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
78% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.
Key figures
844
Students enrolled
78%
First-year retention
132
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
93
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
Campus
Program levels
Bachelor
Programs and majors offered 93
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
78%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
132
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
844
Undergraduates, fall 2024
844
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
871
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
Under 1,000 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
62%
Men
38%
White
62%
Hispanic or Latino
13%
Black or African American
7%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
6%
International (U.S. nonresident)
6%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Campus and services
Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Interim President
Jennifer Chrisler
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit