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Hampden-Sydney College

College Road, Box 128, Hampden-sydney, VA 23943-128 -

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Hampden-Sydney is a liberal arts college for men now enrolling approximately 1080 students. In continuous operation since November 10, 1775, the College is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States, holds the oldest (1783) private charter in the South, and is the oldest of the country’s few remaining colleges for men.

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School Overview:

	Hampden-Sydney College
Title IV Eligible	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level	4 or more years
Institution Control	Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate	1,122 students

Total Enrollment	1,122 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	1,122 students
Tuition	26676
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	98%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	11%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$3,038
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	70%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$3,224
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	95%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$11,817
% Students Receiving Loans	57%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$7,065

School Notes:

Hampden-Sydney College is a lively community seeking “to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.” The liberal education offered at Hampden- Sydney prepares the student for the fulfillment of freedom. It introduces the student to general principles and areas of knowledge which develop minds and characters capable of making enlightened choices between truth and error, between right and wrong. The mere facts about a subject do not speak for themselves. They must be interpreted against a background of ideas derived from an understanding of the nature of logic, language, and ethics. The individual who is educated in these areas and in the basic disciplines is able to confront any event with true freedom to act, outside the constraints of prejudice and impulse. Thus Hampden-Sydney’s curriculum is directed toward the cultivation of a literate, articulate, and critical mind through the study of the sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. It provides both breadth and depth in learning and encourages independent programs of study. Believing that education should be a liberating experience emancipating men from ignorance, Hampden-Sydney strives to make men truly free. Hampden-Sydney College is accredited by the Commision on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor’s level degrees. Part of the 1200+-acre campus, picturesquely set in Virginia’s historic Southside, 70 miles southwest of Richmond, has been designated a National Historic Preservation Zone. Farmville, a town of 6500, is seven miles north. None of the eighteenth-century buildings survives, but the Federal architecture first used for the western portion of the Alamo (1817, destroyed 1994) has been maintained as the dominant style for the campus.
Profile last updated: 04/22/2008.

In the News:

Beverly honored at H-SC (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
posted on June 15, 2011 at 04:11:04 am
Stafford County native John A. "Butch" Beverly was recently named to the Hampden-Sydney College athletic hall of fame. Beverly, a Stafford High School graduate, starred in baseball and football from 1970-73. He was a four-year starter at cornerback and a three-time pick as all-Mason Dixon Conference....
Retired Virginia Justice, Chatham Native Passes Away (ABC 13 Lynchburg)
posted on June 12, 2011 at 06:54:50 pm
Chatham, VA - Retired Virginia Justice William Carrington Thompson has passed away at 95 years old. Justice Thompson was born in Chatham in 1916. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1935 then received his law degree at UVA.
Local Students Graduate from Hampden-Sydney College (Rockbridge Weekly)
posted on May 10, 2011 at 02:25:26 am
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA (May 9, 2011) - Students with ties to the local community were among the 218 men who graduated on Sunday, May 8, at commencement exercises marking the end of the 236th academic year at Hampden-Sydney College.
Goochland student inducted into Hampden-Sydney honor society (The Goochland Gazette)
posted on April 13, 2011 at 07:33:25 pm
Hampden-Sydney College senior Matthew Aaron Carter was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa
Local students earn college honors (The Naperville Sun)
posted on March 19, 2011 at 08:32:00 pm
Marisa Donnelly of Naperville has received a $2,000 scholarship to attend Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. Collin Moat of Naperville was named to the St. Olaf College dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester.William R. Smith of Naperville was named to the dean’s list for the first semester of the 2010-2011 academic year at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.Katherine Grossweiner of Naperville ...