Hampshire College

10 Interesting Facts about Hampshire College

1. Hampshire College is a private, liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.
2. The college was founded in 1965 as an experimental and alternative college, with a focus on interdisciplinary and self-directed learning.
3. Hampshire College does not have traditional majors or departments, but instead encourages students to design their own individualized programs of study.
4. The college has a strong emphasis on social justice and activism, and encourages students to engage with issues of environmental sustainability, racial and economic inequality, and LGBTQ+ rights.
5. Hampshire College is one of the few colleges in the United States that does not require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores.
6. The college has a student population of around 1,200 students, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1.
7. Hampshire College has a number of unique features, including an on-campus farm, a solar-powered greenhouse, and a wood-fired sauna.
8. The college has been home to a number of notable alumni, including filmmaker Ken Burns, author Elizabeth Kolbert, and musician Merrill Garbus of the band tUnE-yArDs.
9. Hampshire College has faced financial difficulties in recent years, and in 2019 announced that it would no longer admit a full freshman class while it worked to restructure its finances and academic programs.
10. Hampshire College is located on a 800-acre campus in the scenic Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, just a few miles from the town of Amherst and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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AFRICANA STUDIES
AGRICULTURAL STUDIES AND RURAL LIFE
AMERICAN STUDIES
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION
ANIMATION AND DIGITAL ART
ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
APPLIED DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
ART HISTORY
ASIAN STUDIES
BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
CHEMISTRY
CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND LEARNING / EDUCATION
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA STUDIES
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CULTURE, BRAIN, AND DEVELOPMENT
DANCE
DIGITAL MEDIA
ECONOMICS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SUSTAINABILITY
FILM, VIDEO, AND PHOTOGRAPHY
GAME DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL STUDIES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HEALTH AND PRE-MEDICAL STUDIES
HISTORY
JEWISH STUDIES
LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS, AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
LEGAL STUDIES
LITERATURE
MARINE SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
MUSIC
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
NEUROSCIENCE
PHILOSOPHY
PHYSICS
POLITICS
PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDIES
PSYCHOLOGY
QUEER STUDIES
RELIGION
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIOLOGY
STUDIO / VISUAL ARTS
THEATRE
WRITING AND CREATIVE WRITING

Students

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522 Undergrads

Part-Time Undergrads

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