Success After Hampshire

See what you'll do with a Hampshire education.

What will you make of yourself?

We’ve seen what can happen when you’re the entrepreneur of your own education. The possibilities are endless.

  • 65% of alums earn advanced degrees within ten years of graduating
  • 85% of students complete at least one internship or similar activity
  • 1 in 4 of our graduates start their own business or nonprofit
  • TOP 3% of the nation’s colleges whose graduates go on to earn research doctorates
  • 9 in 10 alums receive a job offer within six months of graduating
  • TOP 20 of colleges for entrepreneurs
  • 100% of students complete campus and Community Engaged Learning that combines academics with impact on campus, locally, or globally

Examples of Excellence

  • Obviously AI, a tech startup founded by Hampshire alums Nirman Dave 15F and Tapojit (Tapu) Debnath 15F, recently announced it had raised $4.7 million in seed funding to support its research and development work.

  • Hampshire alum and environmental engineer Mimi Alkattan 13F received a Fulbright Award to conduct research on the drinking water quality supplied to Indian cities.

  • Hampshire College alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F, a Sri Lankan writer and journalist, was the 2021 winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an international award given annually to promote talented new and emerging voices and bring them to a global audience.

  • Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and African American Literary Arts Nathan McClain has been awarded a fellowship to one of the most prestigious artists residencies in the United States.

  • Epidemiologist and Hampshire College alum Dr. Justin Xavier Moore 07F was awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his research on geographic and racial disparities in mammography screening and care.

  • Rupert Tawiah-Quashie 22S is part of a team of students who have won a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to implement “<Code_gh>,” a training program that aims to give high school students in Accra, Ghana, an opportunity to excel within the tech space.

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Ian Spalter

Ian Spalter 94F

Ian Spalter 94F has been named one of Forbe's most creative people, and has held UX and design positions at tech giants such as Foursquare and YouTube. Currently, he's head of Instagram Japan.

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Nicole DelRossa

Nicole Delrosso 12F

Nicole DelRosso 12F came to Hampshire to study sculpture. She left as the winner of a Fulbright, sculpting a nanoscale motor to work inside human cells to treat diseases and monitor health. She’s now pursuing a Ph.D. in biophysics at Stanford University.

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Two men stand in the center of a stage, surrounded by three performers from the Blue Man Group. The performers have their faces and hands painted blue and wear black clothing. One of them leans in toward the man on the left, who is smiling and wearing a black sweater, while the other two stand stoically. The man on the right, wearing a dark button-up shirt, crosses his arms with a slight smile. The background features a high-tech stage setup with LED screens displaying abstract visuals and circular lighting

Stephen Gifford 00F

Stephen Gifford 00F, cofounder and creative director of the immersive design studio Pretty Damn Sweet, teamed up with Blue Man Group to overhaul the visual media for their performances nationwide.

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