Main Address
PO Box 5000 Amherst, MA 01002-5000 (413) 542-2000
www.amherst.edu
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Admission OfficePO Box 5000 Amherst, MA 01002-5000 (413) 542-2328 Fax: (413) 542-2040 Contact: Katie Fretwell Director of Admission
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Type of School
- Private
- Liberal Arts College
- Four-year
- Coed
- Percent applicants admitted: 19%
- Regionally accredited
- Unspecified Regional Accreditation
- College Board member
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Calendar:
Semester
Degrees offered:
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Setting
- Rural setting
- Large town (10,000 - 49,999)
- Residential campus
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- Degree-seeking undergrads: 1,612
- First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 431
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1st-year students:
- 13% In-state students
- 87% Out-of-state students
- <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
- 10% Asian/Pacific Islander
- 10% Black/Non-Hispanic
- 6% Hispanic
- 45% White/Non-Hispanic
- 7% Non-Resident Alien
- 23% Race/ethnicity unreported
- 80% in top 10th of graduating class
- 95% in top quarter of graduating class
- 100% in top half of graduating class
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