Financial Aid
The financial aid office staff are working remotely during the pandemic. We miss seeing you and helping with your financial aid needs. We miss welcoming you to our offices. We hope to be back together soon as a team to serve you with the excellent in-person customer service to which you have become accustomed.
In the meantime, if you need to contact us, the best method for now is via email. Please send an email to financialaid@hampshire.edu. We check these daily and we attempt to respond to all messages within the same week day if received by 3 p.m. Eastern time.
If you prefer to meet “in person” with a staff member, please send us an email to request a Zoom meeting. Give us a general description of the questions you have and we will have the appropriate person arrange a meeting. Please provide some good available times to meet in your email.
Please be patient, we will all get through this together. Stay safe and healthy and take care of yourselves and those around you.
Did you know that 95% of Hampshire College students receive financial aid? We are committed to making Hampshire affordable for your family. The average need-based grant for the 2019-2020 year was $38,685. The average financial aid package was $44,452.
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It is the responsibility of the financial aid office to review all application materials to determine eligibility for financial assistance; prepare appropriate award packages; provide counseling regarding student and parent loans; oversee student employment; and coordinate financial aid with student accounts. Please visit the student accounts office website for information related to student billing.
Hampshire College is a member of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), and we adhere to the association's ethics and values, including their Statement of Ethical Principles and their Code of Conduct.
Our office is located on the second floor of the R.W. Kern Center. We are open to visitors and phone calls Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern). We close for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Our email address is financialaid@hampshire.edu. Our phone number is 413.559.5484. Our secure fax number is 413.559.5585.
If you need to send us documents, please mail them to Financial Aid Office, Hampshire College, 893 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002-3359. You may also securely fax documents to 413.559.5585. Please be sure that the student's name and/or College ID number appears on all forms. Please DO NOT send us documents via email.