$46,938
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Hampshire College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Amherst, Massachusetts with 839 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $24,034 a year (tuition and fees $58,896). It admits 75% of applicants and 54% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $46,938 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $26,893 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$24,034
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$58,896
US median $11,837
Admission rate
75%
US median 78%
Completion rate
54%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$26,893
About $285 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$46,938
Rank 1,760 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $24,034
- Tuition and fees
- $58,896
- Cost of attendance
- $74,195
- Students with a need-based grant
- 39%
- Students with federal loans
- 62%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $13,749
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $15,251
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $18,165
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $25,447
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $37,221
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $49,048 in 2015-16 to $58,896 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 75%
- Undergraduates
- 839
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 62%
- Students per teacher
- 13
- Completion rate
- 54%
- Retention rate
- 78%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 63
- Endowment
- $27.2M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,760 of 5,094 US colleges and 71 of 106 in Massachusetts (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $24,034 | $24,402 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $58,896 | $34,256 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 75% | 71% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 54% | 69% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 78% | 79% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $26,893 | $21,882 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $22,195 | $46,320 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $46,938 | $53,104 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 73% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 39% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
63 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| SociologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Zoology/Animal BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Education, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Cognitive ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Area StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Graphic CommunicationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer Software and Media ApplicationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Non-Professional Legal StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| PhilosophyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Public Policy AnalysisBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Amherst and Massachusetts on Local Economy
- More colleges: All colleges in Massachusetts
- Homes: Homes for sale in Massachusetts
Questions and answers
How much does Hampshire College cost?
$24,034 a year is the average net price at Hampshire College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $58,896, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $74,195. Families earning under $30,000 pay $13,749 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Hampshire College?
75% of applicants are admitted to Hampshire College. The median admission rate of colleges in Massachusetts is 71%.
How much do Hampshire College graduates earn?
$46,938 a year is the median pay of former Hampshire College students who work, 10 years after they started ($22,195 after 6 years). That ranks 1,760 of 5,094 US colleges and 71 of 106 in Massachusetts. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's) at $21,113.
How much student debt do Hampshire College graduates have?
$26,893 is the median federal student loan debt of Hampshire College graduates, about $285 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 62% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Hampshire College?
54% of first-time, full-time students at Hampshire College finish within 6 years. 78% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Hampshire College?
Fine and Studio Arts (12 bachelor's graduates), Sociology (5 bachelor's graduates), Natural Resources Conservation and Research (4 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 63 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.