Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Cost
- Average net price
- $23,367per year, after aid
- In-state tuition
- $70,480published rate
- Out-of-state tuition
- $70,480published rate
Net price is an average across aided students — what your family actually pays depends on your finances, and can be lower or higher.
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 9%
- Average SAT
- 1,533of admitted students
- Average ACT
- 33of admitted students
Context for the class as a whole, not a prediction about any one applicant.
Outcomes
- Median earnings
- $77,64410 years after entry
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they started.
Campus life
- Campus setting
- City: Small
- Residential character
- Highly residential — most students live on campus
Most common fields of study
- Social sciences20%
- Biological & biomedical sciences12%
- Computer & information sciences11%
- Mathematics & statistics8%
- Ethnic, cultural & gender studies7%
- Psychology7%
Share of degrees awarded, by broad field.
Athletics
NCAA Division III with football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Diving
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Ice Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Softball
- Squash
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
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Data from the U.S. Department of Education’s
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and the Equity in Athletics survey.
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