to have 100% control of a NASA Mission.
The Alumni Factor named Hampton one of the seven best colleges in Virginia.
Hampton University is classified as a selective admissions institution.
== Student activities ==
=== Athletics ===
Hampton sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (FCS for football) in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). They joined in 2022 upon leaving the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and then later the Big South Conference. Hampton is one of three NCAA Division I HBCU institutions (along with Tennessee State University, in the Ohio Valley Conference and CAA rival North Carolina A&T) to not be a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference or Southwestern Athletic Conference.
In 2016, Hampton became the first and only HBCU to field a Division I men's lacrosse team. ESPN held a broadcast on campus preceding the inaugural game in Armstrong Stadium.
Hampton is the only HBCU with a competitive sailing team.
In 2001, the Hampton basketball team won its first NCAA tournament game, when …
