Financial Aid Office
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Who We Are
The financial aid office's responsibility is to review all application materials to determine eligibility for financial assistance, prepare appropriate financial aid offers, 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.
- Location: 2nd floor of the R.W. Kern Center
- Hours: We are open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern). We close for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.
- Email: financialaid@hampshire.edu.
- Phone: 413.559.5484. Fax number is 413.559.5585.
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.
> 2023-24 Tuition and Fees
> The FAFSA is Changing for 2024-25
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form US Citizens and eligible non-citizens use to apply for financial aid assistance. Major changes and improvements are coming to the 2024-25 FAFSA form. As a result, the new form will be available this year in December 2023, not October 1st. Click the link above to learn more.
Quick Reference
- Our FAFSA school code is 004661 (U.S. citizens and eligible non-citizens only)
- Our CSS Profile school code is 3447 (International & Undocumented Applicants only)
- E-check-in Process
- Are you being asked to complete a Taxable Grant Review?
- Summer Checklist for Current Students
- Scholarship Searches
- The Verification Process
Apply for Aid
Important Information & Links
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Colleges are required to provide various disclosures, information, and reports to current and prospective students and employees. Here is a sample of items.
- Clery (Campus Security) Act
- Annual Fire Safety Report
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Use our Net Price Calculator to determine your eligibility for financial aid
- Our Code of Conduct
- Satisfactory Academic Progress
Please visit our Consumer Information and School Reports page for the full list of disclosures, policies, and reports.
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If you need to send us documents, you may securely upload the documents to your financial aid Net Partner portal, send them via fax, or mail them to our office. Please be sure that the student's name and/or College ID number appears on all forms. Please do not email documents to us. We are not accepting any documents with personal identifiable data via email.
Detailed instructions are available for new prospective admissions applicants and for current students.
Our preferred method of receiving documents is by the secure upload to our Net Partner Student Portal.
1. Please follow these instructions:
- Log in to the Financial Aid Net Partner Student Portal:
- New prospective students log on to http://explore.hampshire.edu/apply/status.
- Current students log on to TheHub.
- Under Financial Aid Information, click on "My Financial Aid."
- Click on Menu and select My Documents & Messages.
- Find document needed from the My Documents List*
- Click on Upload it now!
2. You may submit your documents by fax to: 413.559.5585.
3. Or you may mail the documents to the Financial Aid Office, Hampshire College, 893 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002-3359.
*If the document you are trying to upload is not listed on the My Documents and Messages page, please contact us at financialaid@hampshire.edu and we will add the name of the document to the list. You will then be able to upload it. Do not email the document to us as it is not necessarily secure to email. Thank you
- Log in to the Financial Aid Net Partner Student Portal:
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— The new fixed interest rates for Direct loans have been announced: 5.50% for student loans; 8.05% for Parent PLUS loans. These rates are effective for loans borrowed for the fall 2023 and spring 2024 terms.
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Your Financial Aid Portal
Check your online financial aid account.
Work Study
There is a variety of employment opportunities and experiences that will enable students to meet their work study award eligibility.
Financial Aid Forms
Access forms that may be required for students applying for financial aid.
Net Price Calculator
Receive an estimate of how much students similar to you paid to attend Hampshire College.
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
Students must be making satisfactory academic progress according to the College's guidelines to be eligible for financial aid (federal, state, and institutional awards including merit scholarships).