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Amherst College

Amherst, MA · CDS 2024–2025 · City: Small · 4-year · Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

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Overall admit rate
9.0%
Lower = more selective
Yield rate
38.8%
Admitted students who enrolled
Avg % of need met
100.0%
Total cost — out-of-state
$88,870
Sticker price before aid
Student-faculty ratio
7:1
Avg loan debt at graduation
$14,345

Admit rate over time

% of need met over time

Total cost (out-of-state) over time

Enrollment

Total all undergraduates1,914
Total all graduate0
Grand total all students1,914

Admissions

Total applicants13,742
Total admitted1,238
Total enrolled480
Overall admit rate9.0%
Admit rate — women9.6%
Admit rate — men8.3%
Yield rate38.8%

Early Decision / Action

Offers Early Decision plan?Yes
ED closing date11/1
ED notification date12/15
# admitted under ED plan216
Offers Early Action plan?No
EA closing date——
EA notification date——
Restrictive Early Action?——

Test Scores

% submitting SAT39.0%
% submitting ACT22.0%
SAT EBRW 25th %ile740
SAT EBRW 75th %ile780
SAT Math 25th %ile750
SAT Math 75th %ile800
ACT Comp 25th %ile33
ACT Comp 75th %ile35
% in top 10% of HS class93.0%
% in top 25% of HS class99.0%

Cost

Tuition — in-state$69,820
Tuition — out-of-state$69,820
Required fees$660
Room and board$18,390
Total cost — in-state$88,870
Total cost — out-of-state$88,870

Financial Aid

Avg need-based grant$71,342
Avg % of need met100.0%
% with 100% of need met——
Avg merit grant (no need)$14,801
Avg loan debt at graduation$14,345

Waitlist & Transfer

# offered place on waitlist1,105
# admitted from waitlist8
Waitlist admit rate1.3%
Transfer applicants (total)638
Transfer admit rate8.6%

Faculty

Student-faculty ratio7:1
% faculty full-time74.0%

College Scorecard

Federal outcomes data — not in the CDS. Each figure's cohort year can differ from the CDS year above and from other Scorecard figures below; see the vintage next to each.

Admissions & cost

Admit rate (Scorecard)9.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
Average net price (public)——
Average net price (private)$23,367Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Completion, retention & earnings

Completion rate (200% of expected time)93.1%Scorecard · Fall 2016 or AcadYr 2016-17 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS200)
Completion rate — Pell recipients (150% of expected time)92.5%Scorecard · Fall 2018 or AcadYr 2018-19 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS)
First-year retention rate97.1%Scorecard · Fall 2023 bachelor's-seeking cohort, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRSRET_FT)
Median earnings, 4 yrs after completing$79,243Scorecard · Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars

Financial aid

% receiving a Pell Grant20.7%Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS_DCS)
% receiving a federal loan8.6%Scorecard · AcadYr 2023-24, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25 pooled with previous years (# of total pooled years found in POOLYRS_DCS)

Federal loan repayment status (2 yrs after entering repayment)

Paid in full24.7%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Making progress33.6%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Not making progress13.8%Scorecard · NSLDS AY2015-16, AY2016-17 pooled cohorts measured in 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Discharged——
Defaulted——

Undergraduates

% part-time0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% white36.4%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Black8.9%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Hispanic/Latino13.8%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Asian16.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% American Indian/Alaska Native0.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% two or more races8.6%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% nonresident/international13.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% race/ethnicity unknown2.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Instructional staff

% women50.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% men50.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% white57.8%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Black8.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Hispanic/Latino7.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Asian14.5%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% American Indian/Alaska Native0.7%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% two or more races0.3%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% nonresident/international7.1%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
% race/ethnicity unknown4.4%Scorecard · Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25

Fields of study

% of degrees awarded, by broad field — College Scorecard.

Social Sciences19.6%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences12.1%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services11.0%
Mathematics And Statistics7.8%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies7.4%
Psychology7.3%
Physical Sciences6.2%
English Language And Literature/Letters5.4%