Amherst College
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Details
- Name: Amherst College
- Location: Amherst, MA 01002-5000
- Control: Private Non-Profit
- Accreditation: New England Commission on Higher Education
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 9.82%
- Average SAT Scores 1494
- Four Year Completion Rate 72.61% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 93.42% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 93.89% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year72.6%6 Year93.4%8 Year93.9% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $83,650 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $67,280 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $67,280 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $12,000 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $13,740 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $9,254 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $1,888 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $1,868 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $6,112 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $20,179 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $50,358 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $62,537 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $66,683 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $86,438 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $71,380 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $77,644 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| History | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,271 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,744 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $64,970 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,688 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $96,310 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,419 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Architectural History and Criticism | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,896 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $78,775 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,621 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |