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Hampden - Sydney College Overview

Hampden - Sydney College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Hampden - Sydney.

What Is Hampden - Sydney College Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$37,768 Avg Cost After Aid
37% Acceptance Rate
  • Hampden - Sydney has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
  • The student loan default rate at Hampden - Sydney is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Hampden - Sydney.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 92% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Hampden - Sydney with a bachelor's degree make about $70,692 a year. That's 73% more than those who graduate from other schools.
  • It takes the average Hampden - Sydney student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Hampden - Sydney College?

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Contact details for Hampden - Sydney are given below.

Contact Details
Address: College Road, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943-0128
Phone: 434-223-6000
Website: www.hsc.edu

How Do I Get Into Hampden - Sydney?

You can apply to Hampden - Sydney online at: www.hsc.edu/admissions-and-financial-aid/apply

Admission Requirements for Hampden - Sydney

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hampden - Sydney?

37% Acceptance Rate
0% Of Accepted Are Women
17% Submit SAT Scores
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Hampden - Sydney. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 37%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 100% of accepted students are men and 0% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 37%, and the acceptance rate for women is 10%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to Hampden - Sydney submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 610.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Hampden - Sydney College  ( 550 to 650 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Hampden - Sydney College  ( 530 to 610 )
200
800
Hampden - Sydney received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 24. Math scores were between 19 and 25. Composite scores were between 22 and 25.

ACT English Scores for Hampden - Sydney College  ( 20 to 24 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Hampden - Sydney College  ( 19 to 25 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Hampden - Sydney College  ( 22 to 25 )
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36

Can I Afford Hampden - Sydney College?

$37,768 Net Price
60% Take Out Loans
0.8% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Hampden - Sydney is $37,768. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Hampden - Sydney, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $7,407 a year. That adds up to $29,628 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Hampden - Sydney is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Hampden - Sydney College Undergraduate Student Diversity

842 Full-Time Undergraduates
0% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 851 undergraduate students at Hampden - Sydney, with 842 being full-time and 9 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 842 full-time undergraduates at Hampden - Sydney, 100% are male and 0% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Hampden - Sydney College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 6
Black or African American 60
Hispanic or Latino 38
White 684
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 49

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Hampden - Sydney College. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at Hampden - Sydney. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Colombia, Hong Kong, and Sweden.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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