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"Today no college has students whose intellectual thyroids are more active or whose minds are more compassionately engaged."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- Hampshire believes that students are more intellectually engaged and better equipped for a complex, ever-changing world by taking full responsibility for their education. Through close mentorship with faculty, students have the freedom to design an individualized course of study in a graduate-style environment, culminating in an original final project: science or social science research, academic study, or body of work in writing, performing, visual, or media arts. Students receive narrative evaluations rather than traditional grades.
- Hampshire, along with Amherst, Smith, and Mount Holyoke Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, form the Five College Consortium. The Consortium allows for the exchange of resources, including over 9 million library volumes and approximately 5,000 annual courses.
- Hampshire's 800-acre campus is just three miles south of Amherst, MA.
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WORTH NOTING |
- In 2008, Hampshire received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to become a "Language Learning Community." The grant enables students to integrate any language into their individualized academic concentrations. Rather than replicating the competence of native speakers(the aim of traditional college language courses), the goal of Hampshire's new program is to enable linguistic competence to the point where students and graduates will be able to work in the world. With more than 5,000 spoken languages in the world, our students will be able to delve into issues in which they care deeply: human rights, politics, environmental issues, health, the arts, anthropology, and world religions.
- The Association of American Colleges and Universities recently named Hampshire a "Leadership Institution" for its visionary campus-wide innovations in undergraduate education. Hampshire was chosen as a model of best practice for its emphasis on critical thinking about complex problems, effective communication, and making meaningful contributions to a diverse society.
- In 2003, Hampshire was awarded a $1 million grant by the Foundation for Psycho-cultural Research to develop an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in "Culture, Brain, and Development" that is expected to become a model for colleges and universities.
- Other unique programs include: Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP); Community Partnerships for Social Change; Lemelson Assistive Technology Development Center; and Five College Program in Peace and World Securities Studies (PAWSS).
- Hampshire grads have gone on to win numerous prestigious academic fellowships including 14 Fulbrights, Mellon and Javits fellowships, and a Guggenheim fellowship, among others.
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ENROLLMENT |
- 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio; average class size: 16
- Over 70% students from out of state; 3% international.
- Students are from 52 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries.
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- 82% of faculty have a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree; there are no teaching assistants.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Tuition: $37,789; Tuition/Room/Board: $47,869
- Annual financial aid budget $21 million
- Students receiving any financial aid 70%
- 56% of students receive Hampshire grants.
- Average financial aid grant $25,200
- Average financail aid package $32,000 (work study + loan + grant)
- Need-based grants range from $8,600 to $45,000.
- Merit-based scholarships range from $1,000 to $10,000.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- 95% of students live on campus.
- Traditional dorms as well as apartment-style living (mods) available; 90% single rooms
- Over 100 clubs, sports, and organizations
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Applicants received for Fall, 2008: 3,219
- 50% admitted, 28% enrolled
- 456 total matriculants, September 2008
- 3.45 Average HS GPA of first-year students
- Middle %0% of SAT I scores of first-year students: 600/700 Critical Reading, 530/660 Mathematics
(test scores are optional; 80% report scores)
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