Hampton University is a private institution that was founded in 1868. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,851, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 314 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.

Hampton University is a private, historically black institution near the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern edge of Virginia. Students at Hampton University can choose from nearly 70 undergraduate majors and master’s programs in more than 25 fields, including health and physics.