Hampshire College:
Hampshire College, located in Amherst, Western Massachusetts, is a private liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts degree & certificate programs in a variety of career fields, from microbiology to filmmaking, social entrepreneurship to quantum physics. Hampshire College draws on the resources of four other nearby institutions —Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst—which together form the Five College consortium, one of the oldest and largest consortia in the country. Hampshire College is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Locally, the Five College/Amherst area has many entertainment resources:
- Mullins Center at the University of Massachusetts – skating events, concerts, family shows, trade shows, sporting events
- The Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts – performances of classical, jazz, country, and pop
- Atkins Farms Country Market adjacent to campus on Route 116
- The Emily Dickinson Museum a National Historic Landmark and museum in Amherst