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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Hampton, VA
Population 1,500,000
Website http://www.hamptonu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 100 (24%)
Sunshine Hours 2,715 (68%)
Days Without Precipitation 253 (61%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 400 (11%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,749
Men / Women 32% / 68%
From State 16%
From Region 22%
Athletes 10.8%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 97%
International 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
Hispanic 0%
White 0%
Mixed 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 35.0% 35.0% 2012 Men: 34.2% 34.2% 2013 Men: 32.0% 32.0% 2014 Men: 33.1% 33.1% 2015 Men: 32.3% 32.3% 2016 Men: 29.3% 29.3% 2017 Men: 30.9% 30.9% 2018 Men: 35.2% 35.2% 2019 Men: 34.3% 34.3% 2020 Men: 33.0% 33.0% 2021 Men: 27.8% 27.8% 2022 Men: 33.2% 33.2% 2023 Men: 31.4% 31.4% 2024 Men: 31.6% 31.6%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 94.5% 94.5% 2012 Black: 87.8% 87.8% 2013 Black: 97.0% 97.0% 2014 Black: 97.1% 97.1% 2015 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2016 Black: 96.2% 96.2% 2017 Black: 96.9% 96.9% 2018 Black: 96.2% 96.2% 2019 Black: 96.2% 96.2% 2020 Black: 97.1% 97.1% 2021 Black: 97.0% 97.0% 2022 Black: 98.3% 98.3% 2023 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2024 Black: 97.0% 97.0% 2011 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2011 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2017 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2019 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 White: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.1% 0.1%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Black: 94.8% 94.8% 2021 Black: 95.6% 95.6% 2022 Black: 94.2% 94.2% 2023 Black: 95.6% 95.6% 2024 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2025 Black: 96.6% 96.6% 2020 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 International: 1.4% 1.4%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Proctor School of Fine and Performing Arts 11 55% / 45% 0% $41,198 13
Music 4 — 25% / 75% 0% — — —
Music Education 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,212 45 —
Music Management 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $41,800 14 —
Music Technology 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $41,352 13 —
Theatre 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $34,438 5 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business 99 40% / 60% 2% $68,296 77 98%
Accounting 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $68,837 78 94%
Business Administration 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $80,034 88 98%
Business Administration and Management 27 — 44% / 56% 4% $79,008 87 —
Finance 19 — 47% / 53% 0% $70,829 80 —
Management Information Systems 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $69,578 78 —
Managerial Economics 1 — 100% / 0% 100% $70,010 79 —
Marketing 18 — 50% / 50% 0% $46,198 25 100%
Sales and Marketing 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $62,436 67 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Engineering and Technology 30 43% / 57% 3% $89,036 93
Chemical Engineering 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $90,698 94 —
Computer Engineering 3 — 67% / 33% 0% — — —
Engineering 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $86,011 92 —
Computer Science 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $89,944 94 —
Cyber Operations 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $109,083 99 —
Information Science 2 — 0% / 100% 50% $89,434 94 —
Aviation Management 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $72,942 82 —
Aviation Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $72,936 82 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Liberal Arts and Education 213 26% / 74% 1% $55,612 52 93%
Cyber Forensics 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $99,778 97 —
Exercise Science 29 — 38% / 62% 0% $51,037 39 88%
Sport Management 8 — 88% / 12% 0% $51,037 39 88%
English 10 — 10% / 90% 10% — — —
General Studies 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $53,447 46 99%
History 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,639 41 —
International Studies 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $54,280 48 —
Liberal Studies 29 — 72% / 28% 7% $53,447 46 99%
Political Science 30 — 20% / 80% 0% $57,974 58 88%
Psychology 53 — 4% / 96% 0% $56,878 55 97%
Public Administration — — — — $55,487 52 —
Religious Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,442 43 —
Sociology — — — — $50,329 37 —
Early Childhood Education 8 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,733 47 —
Criminal Justice 20 — 10% / 90% 0% $52,202 42 92%
Criminal Justice Administration 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,202 42 92%
Paralegal Studies 4 — 25% / 75% 0% — — —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Nursing and Health Sciences 46 7% / 93% 0% $66,294 74 100%
Health and Wellness 23 — 9% / 91% 0% $57,592 57 —
Nursing 17 — 6% / 94% 0% $80,413 88 100%
Speech-Language Pathology 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $59,651 62 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Pharmacy 6 33% / 67% 0% $130,821 100 94%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $130,821 100 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Pure and Applied Science 45 16% / 84% 0% $52,735 44 95%
Chemistry — — — — $61,146 65 —
Mathematics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $59,949 62 —
Physics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,638 68 —
Biochemistry 12 — 17% / 83% 0% $55,370 51 —
Biology 30 — 17% / 83% 0% $51,326 40 95%
Marine Biology 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,271 25 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications 39 28% / 72% 0% $54,214 48 94%
Journalism 23 — 30% / 70% 0% $55,814 53 94%
Strategic Communication 16 — 25% / 75% 0% $51,915 42 93%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $34,276
ROI Percentile 66th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 85%
4-Year Graduation Rate 44%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 33%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 54.9% 54.9% 2012 Graduated: 59.0% 59.0% 2013 Graduated: 67.5% 67.5% 2014 Graduated: 66.5% 66.5% 2015 Graduated: 64.9% 64.9% 2016 Graduated: 54.9% 54.9% 2017 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6% 2018 Graduated: 57.6% 57.6% 2019 Graduated: 59.8% 59.8% 2020 Graduated: 57.4% 57.4% 2021 Graduated: 57.4% 57.4% 2022 Graduated: 46.3% 46.3% 2023 Graduated: 55.7% 55.7% 2024 Graduated: 57.2% 57.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 46.2% 46.2% 2012 Men: 52.8% 52.8% 2013 Men: 57.8% 57.8% 2014 Men: 58.0% 58.0% 2015 Men: 58.7% 58.7% 2016 Men: 47.5% 47.5% 2017 Men: 46.5% 46.5% 2018 Men: 50.8% 50.8% 2019 Men: 50.2% 50.2% 2020 Men: 49.3% 49.3% 2021 Men: 52.0% 52.0% 2022 Men: 44.7% 44.7% 2023 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2024 Men: 52.0% 52.0% 2011 Women: 59.8% 59.8% 2012 Women: 62.6% 62.6% 2013 Women: 72.9% 72.9% 2014 Women: 70.7% 70.7% 2015 Women: 68.7% 68.7% 2016 Women: 59.5% 59.5% 2017 Women: 61.1% 61.1% 2018 Women: 61.1% 61.1% 2019 Women: 64.4% 64.4% 2020 Women: 61.3% 61.3% 2021 Women: 60.0% 60.0% 2022 Women: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 Women: 58.2% 58.2% 2024 Women: 59.9% 59.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 55.6% 55.6% 2012 Black: 64.9% 64.9% 2013 Black: 67.7% 67.7% 2014 Black: 66.8% 66.8% 2015 Black: 65.5% 65.5% 2016 Black: 55.4% 55.4% 2017 Black: 56.0% 56.0% 2018 Black: 58.2% 58.2% 2019 Black: 59.9% 59.9% 2020 Black: 57.9% 57.9% 2021 Black: 57.3% 57.3% 2022 Black: 46.3% 46.3% 2023 Black: 56.2% 56.2% 2024 Black: 57.3% 57.3%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 36.0% 176 24% / 76% 2% $55,516 52 95%
Business & Economics 21.9% 107 44% / 56% 2% $67,006 75 96%
Health Sciences 16.6% 81 20% / 80% 0% $65,612 73 93%
Life & Natural Sciences 8.6% 42 17% / 83% 0% $52,481 43 95%
Professional 6.7% 33 21% / 79% 0% $57,208 56 92%
Computer Science 3.9% 19 42% / 58% 5% $97,515 97 —
Arts 2.2% 11 55% / 45% 0% $41,199 13 —
Engineering 1.8% 9 44% / 56% 0% $89,917 94 —
Education 1.6% 8 0% / 100% 0% $53,733 47 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.4% 2 0% / 100% 0% $61,294 65 —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.2% 1 0% / 100% 0% $46,271 25 —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $4.9M #220 100% $0 3 #202 9 4
Life & Natural Sciences $1.9M #264 100% $0 — — — —
Engineering $1.2M #269 100% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.7M #244 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.6M #234 0% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.4M #308 100% $0 2 #219 10 —
Education $0.2M #342 46% $0 26 #165 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #466 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $10.1M #311 93% $0 31 #323 19 4

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 32%
Yield (Unbound) 10%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 56% 55% 40%
Early Decision 70% 68% 52%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 37.1% 37.1% 2012 Acceptance: 36.4% 36.4% 2013 Acceptance: 36.1% 36.1% 2014 Acceptance: 29.1% 29.1% 2015 Acceptance: 69.0% 69.0% 2016 Acceptance: 64.8% 64.8% 2017 Acceptance: 36.2% 36.2% 2018 Acceptance: 43.8% 43.8% 2019 Acceptance: 36.0% 36.0% 2020 Acceptance: 36.0% 36.0% 2021 Acceptance: 80.1% 80.1% 2022 Acceptance: 74.5% 74.5% 2023 Acceptance: 48.3% 48.3% 2024 Acceptance: 62.2% 62.2% 2011 Yield: 23.5% 23.5% 2012 Yield: 16.4% 16.4% 2013 Yield: 18.2% 18.2% 2014 Yield: 15.6% 15.6% 2015 Yield: 13.2% 13.2% 2016 Yield: 17.8% 17.8% 2017 Yield: 23.2% 23.2% 2018 Yield: 10.7% 10.7% 2019 Yield: 27.0% 27.0% 2020 Yield: 16.2% 16.2% 2021 Yield: 5.8% 5.8% 2022 Yield: 7.8% 7.8% 2023 Yield: 20.6% 20.6% 2024 Yield: 10.3% 10.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 10,569 10,569 2012 Applicants: 14,503 14,503 2013 Applicants: 15,337 15,337 2014 Applicants: 19,473 19,473 2015 Applicants: 10,258 10,258 2016 Applicants: 11,165 11,165 2017 Applicants: 12,130 12,130 2018 Applicants: 19,733 19,733 2019 Applicants: 9,551 9,551 2020 Applicants: 10,811 10,811 2021 Applicants: 13,192 13,192 2022 Applicants: 15,009 15,009 2023 Applicants: 12,119 12,119 2024 Applicants: 17,885 17,885 2011 Admitted: 3,917 3,917 2012 Admitted: 5,285 5,285 2013 Admitted: 5,529 5,529 2014 Admitted: 5,659 5,659 2015 Admitted: 7,083 7,083 2016 Admitted: 7,237 7,237 2017 Admitted: 4,391 4,391 2018 Admitted: 8,652 8,652 2019 Admitted: 3,438 3,438 2020 Admitted: 3,892 3,892 2021 Admitted: 10,570 10,570 2022 Admitted: 11,177 11,177 2023 Admitted: 5,850 5,850 2024 Admitted: 11,133 11,133 2011 Enrolled: 921 921 2012 Enrolled: 865 865 2013 Enrolled: 1,004 1,004 2014 Enrolled: 882 882 2015 Enrolled: 934 934 2016 Enrolled: 1,285 1,285 2017 Enrolled: 1,018 1,018 2018 Enrolled: 922 922 2019 Enrolled: 927 927 2020 Enrolled: 630 630 2021 Enrolled: 615 615 2022 Enrolled: 867 867 2023 Enrolled: 1,207 1,207 2024 Enrolled: 1,147 1,147

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 65%
SAT Range 790 – 1090
SAT Math Range 370 – 530
SAT RW Range 410 – 550

SAT Composite

25th 75th
600 800 1000 1200 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 1043 1043 2012 25th: 1035 1035 2013 25th: 920 920 2014 25th: 910 910 2015 25th: 940 940 2016 25th: 860 860 2017 25th: 980 980 2022 25th: 840 840 2023 25th: 857 857 2024 25th: 790 790 2011 75th: 1076 1076 2012 75th: 1070 1070 2013 75th: 1090 1090 2014 75th: 1100 1100 2015 75th: 1090 1090 2016 75th: 1040 1040 2017 75th: 1120 1120 2022 75th: 1220 1220 2023 75th: 1226 1226 2024 75th: 1090 1090

SAT Math

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 517 517 2012 25th: 510 510 2013 25th: 460 460 2014 25th: 450 450 2015 25th: 470 470 2016 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 480 480 2022 25th: 420 420 2023 25th: 457 457 2024 25th: 379 379 2011 75th: 537 537 2012 75th: 530 530 2013 75th: 540 540 2014 75th: 550 550 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 530 530 2017 75th: 550 550 2022 75th: 600 600 2023 75th: 600 600 2024 75th: 532 532

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 526 526 2012 25th: 525 525 2013 25th: 460 460 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 470 470 2016 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 500 500 2022 25th: 420 420 2023 25th: 400 400 2024 25th: 411 411 2011 75th: 539 539 2012 75th: 540 540 2013 75th: 550 550 2014 75th: 550 550 2015 75th: 540 540 2016 75th: 510 510 2017 75th: 570 570 2022 75th: 620 620 2023 75th: 626 626 2024 75th: 558 558

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 60.0% 60.0% 2022 Submitted: 72.0% 72.0% 2023 Submitted: 64.0% 64.0% 2024 Submitted: 65.0% 65.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.