African American Studies at Hampshire College

If you plan to study african american studies, take a look at what Hampshire College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Hampshire is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 522.

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

Hampshire African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies

Hampshire African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at Hampshire is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African American Studies. 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.

African American Studies Student Demographics at Hampshire

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

Hampshire African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its african american studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Native American Studies
• Women’s Studies
• Comparative Group Studies
• Gay/Lesbian Studies

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african american studies 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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	470	$98,380

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.