How hard is Hampshire College to get into?
Hampshire College acceptance rate is 70.35% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 2,216 students applied and 1,559 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is relatively high, making it somewhat easy to get into Hampshire.
Hampshire's acceptance rate places 24th out of 66 Massachusetts colleges with competitive admission.
To apply to Hampshire, recommendations and personal statement (or essay) are required to submit.
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of Hampshire College is 70.35% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 16.61%. 796 men and 1,086 women applied to Hampshire and 464 men and 796 women students were accepted.
293 applicants who has another gender applied and 266 were accepted.33 accepted students' gender is unknown.
Among them, 88 men and 98 women were enrolled in Hampshire (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School Record (or Transcript), Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not considered in admission process at Hampshire. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Hampshire College.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
The following table provides general admission information for applying to Hampshire.