amherst college

Overview

• Amherst is a small liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, which is located 90 miles from Boston, and 150 miles from New York City. Map.
• Amherst enrolls approximately 1,700 undergraduate students. 

• Amherst is part of the Five College Consortium in which Amherst students can also take classes at the four neighboring colleges: Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 
• Amherst meets the full demonstrated need of every admitted student
• Amherst is among only a handful of colleges and universities in the country that do not require their students to acquire student loan debt in order to pay for their undergraduate educations.

• Visit Amherst's website at www.amherst.edu.
• Request that Amherst mail you additional information.
• View Amherst's Class of 2015 Profile.

• Connect with Amherst students through blogs and podcasts. 

Socio-economic Diversity

• 23% of students who applied for financial aid at Amherst have family incomes below $60,000.
• 20% of students at Amherst receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000.
• 14% of students in the Class of 2015 are the first member of their family to attend a four-year college.

Racial Diversity
African American	11%
Asian American	11%
Caucasian	39%
Hispanic	11%
International	9%
Native American	>1%
Not Reported	20%

 

Gender Ratio
Female	50%
Male	50%