Hampshire College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Hampshire College

Hampshire College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 839 students of which 771 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Hampshire College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 75.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,034, with published in-state tuition of $58,896 and a Pell grant recipient share of 39.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,893, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 55.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 78.4%. Graduates earn a median of $46,938 ten years after enrolling, compared with $22,195 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 57500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 39.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.