by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Hampton University was awarded 71 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is journalism.
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Hampton is ranked #1,855 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Hampton also holds the #46 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.
When it comes to admittance, Hampton University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Hampton University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hampton University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 81% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Hampton University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Hampton the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 41%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Hampton University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,063 undergraduates at Hampton with 2,814 being full-time and 249 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Hampton, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Hampton, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $12,407 a year. That adds up to $49,628 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hampton is 7.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Hampton are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 200 William R. Harvey Way, Hampton, VA 23668-0099 |
| Phone: | 757-727-5000 |
| Website: | www.hamptonu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/hamptonuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/_hamptonu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 71 | $22,829 |
| Business Administration & Management | 69 | $47,754 |
| General Psychology | 60 | $23,704 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 58 | $26,674 |
| Health & Physical Education | 54 | $26,334 |
| Journalism | 40 | $34,913 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 35 | NA |
| Marketing | 29 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 27 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 22 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 408 students took at least one online class at Hampton University. This is an increase from the 371 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 408 | 408 |
| 2019-2020 | 371 | 343 |
| 2018-2019 | 490 | 457 |
| 2017-2018 | 286 | 216 |
| 2016-2017 | 347 | 240 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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