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Amherst College Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Private

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Bachelor’s degree

State Abbreviation

Massachusetts

BOLTWOOD AVEAMHERST, MA 01002

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$18,809

9%

1898

No data

Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

3-Jan

Hard

No data

1497

Amherst is an elite private college located in Amherst Center, Massachusetts in the Springfield, MA Area. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 1,971 undergraduate students. Admissions is extremely competitive as the Amherst acceptance rate is only 9%. Popular majors include Mathematics, Economics, and Research and Experimental Psychology. Graduating 92% of students, Amherst alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $44,100.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for Amherst College is more than 100% lower than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Hampshire College2.00%
Smith College32.50%
Mount Holyoke College38.20%
College of Our Lady of the Elms75.10%
Western New England University85.20%