Public Health at Hampshire College

If you plan to study public health, 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 approximately 522 students attend the school each year. Of the 1 student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College in 2,021, 1 of them were public health majors.

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

Hampshire Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health

Hampshire Public Health Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public health major at Hampshire is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Health. 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 Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	325
Most Popular Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	387
Most Focused Public Health Schools	516
Most Popular Public Health Schools	627

Public Health Student Demographics at Hampshire

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

Hampshire Public Health Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a bachelor's degree in public health from Hampshire.

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

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

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

Concentrations Within Public Health

The following public health concentations are available at Hampshire College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hampshire College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Public Health	1

Related Majors

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in public health 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	15,380	$133,900
Community Health Workers	3,660	$44,500
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,950	$82,580
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1,410	$84,480

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.