Zoology at Hampshire College

If you are interested in studying zoology, you may want to check out the program at Hampshire College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hampshire is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 522 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 zoology majors received their bachelor's degree from Hampshire.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Zoology section at the bottom of this page.

Hampshire Zoology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology

Hampshire Zoology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the zoology progam at Hampshire compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The zoology major at Hampshire is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Zoology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Popular Zoology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular Zoology Schools	75

Zoology Student Demographics at Hampshire

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the zoology majors at Hampshire College.

Hampshire Zoology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in zoology from Hampshire in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in zoology at Hampshire are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hampshire College with a bachelor's in zoology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hampshire also has a doctoral program available in zoology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Biology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

Careers That Zoology Grads May Go Into

A degree in zoology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Hampshire College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Biological Scientists	4,470	$84,790
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490
Biological Science Professors	2,220	$112,390
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	350	$87,950

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.