Hampshire College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 79% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 36% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 53% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 81% of our freshman graduate in five years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• film
• photography
• art

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in September and January.

• UCLA, Columbia University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Minnesota, New York
• U, University of Pennsylvania, Tulane University, Yale U.

• Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker; Vanessa Gamble, physician, University of Wisconsin Medical School faculty; Steven Shak, scientist, discovered first treatment for cystic fibrosis.