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Hampshire College

Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

Official telephone: (413) 559-5378
Website: https://www.hampshire.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 78%
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 20 men, 29 women
Full-time faculty: 18 men, 27 women
Part-time faculty: 2 men, 2 women
Graduation rate: 54% within six years

Hampshire College
REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: no

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, independent study, internships
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • African Studies
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agriculture, General
  • American Indian/Native American Studies
  • American/United States Studies/Civilization
  • Animal Behavior and Ethology
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architecture
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Astronomy
  • Biochemistry
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Brewing Science
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • Chemistry, General
  • Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Communication, General
  • Comparative Group Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Writing
  • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
  • Dance, General
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • East Asian Studies
  • Ecology
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Environmental Studies
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • European Studies/Civilization
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Game and Interactive Media Design
  • Gay/Lesbian Studies
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • History, General
  • Human Biology
  • Human Services, General
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Jewish/Judaic Studies
  • Journalism
  • Latin American Studies
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Linguistics
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics, General
  • Microbiology, General
  • Molecular Biology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Near and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Neurobiology and Anatomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Outdoor Education
  • Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Sciences, General
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Public Health, General
  • Public Health, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Sociology, General
  • South Asian Studies
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sports Studies
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Women's Studies
  • Zoology/Animal Biology

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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