Amherst College

Common Data Set 2024-25

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Acceptance Rate

8.9%

Applications

13,370

Admitted

1,193

Enrolled

451

SAT Composite

1500-1560

SAT Math

750-800

SAT Reading

740-780

All Extracted Fields

B. Enrollment And Persistence

Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: males (Males, FT)
207
Other first-year, degree-seeking: males (Males, FT)
15
All other degree-seeking: males (Males, FT)
0
Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: males (Males, FT)
847
Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: females (Females, FT)
269
Other first-year, degree-seeking: females (Females, FT)
16
All other degree-seeking: females (Females, FT)
3
Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: females (Females, FT)
1034
Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: Unknown (Unknown, FT)
4
Nonresidents
76
Hispanic/Latino
50
Black or African American, non-Hispanic
14
White, non-Hispanic
180
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
1
Asian, non-Hispanic
98
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
0
Two or more races, non-Hispanic
37
TOTAL
480
Associate degrees
486
Bachelor's degrees
486

C. First-Time, First-Year Admission

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
93
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
99
Percent in top half of high school graduating class
100
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
0
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
0
Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:
29
Total first-time, first-year males who applied (Males)
6121
Total first-time, first-year females who applied (Females)
6776
Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who applied (Unknown)
473
Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted (Males)
508
Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted (Females)
652
Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who were admitted (Unknown)
33
Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
196
Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females)
255
Total full-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
196
Total full-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females, FT)
255
Total first-time, first-year students who applied
13743
Total first-time, first-year students who were admitted
1238
Total first-time, first-year students who enrolled
480
Amount of application fee:
75
Application closing date (fall): Month
1
Application closing date (fall): Day
6
Date: Month
1
SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
1500
SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
1540
SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
1560
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
740
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
760
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
780
SAT Math: 25th Percentile
750
SAT Math: 50th Percentile
780
SAT Math: 75th Percentile
800
ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
33
ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
34
ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
35
ACT Math: 25th Percentile
32
ACT Math: 50th Percentile
34
ACT Math: 75th Percentile
35
ACT English: 25th Percentile
34
ACT English: 50th Percentile
35
ACT English: 75th Percentile
36

D. Transfer Admission

Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
64
Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
Credit(s)
Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:
64
Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree:
64

G. Annual Expenses

Books and supplies:
0
Transportation:
0
Other expenses:
1800
Books and supplies:
0
Food only:
0
Transportation
0
Other expenses:
1800
Books and supplies:
0
Housing only:
9940
Food only:
8450
Transportation:
0
Other expenses:
1800

H. Financial Aid

A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
91
B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
71
C. Institutional loan programs.
24
D. State loan programs.
0
E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
20
A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
20
B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
15
C. Institutional loan programs.
5
D. State loan programs.
0
E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
4
A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
25522
B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
14345
C. Institutional loan programs.
2559
D. State loan programs.
0
E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
62126
Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
x
If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:
212
Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
82631
Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
17517803
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