Amherst College

Amherst, MA

Private (Nonprofit)

Acceptance Rate
9.0%
Average SAT
1533
Average ACT
33
Annual In-State Tuition
$70,480
Annual Out-of-State Tuition
$70,480
Student Body Size
1,911
First Year Retention Rate
97.3%
Graduation Rate
93.7%
Median Earnings Post-Graduation
$77,644
Campus Security Score
1
Climate
⛅ 200

How Amherst College compares

  • More selective than about 98% of the colleges in our database.
  • Bigger than about 61% of the colleges we track, by enrollment.
  • Out-of-state tuition is lower than about 0% of the colleges we track.
  • Average SAT scores are higher than about 98% of the colleges we track.

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Official website: www.amherst.edu/

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.