College of the Week: Hampshire College

Located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, Hampshire’s 800-acre campus sits amid former orchards, farmland, and forest. Buildings are eclectic and contemporary, and the school is proud of its bio-shelter, arts village, and multi-sports and multimedia centers.

The student-faculty ratio at @Hampshire College is 10:1, and the school has 84.8% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Hampshire College include: Visual and Performing Arts; English Language and Literature/Letters; Social Sciences; Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Education; Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services; Physical Sciences; History; and Psychology. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 69%. (https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/hampshire-college-4661)

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