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Amherst College
Mission Statement:
Amherst College seeks to provide the very best liberal arts education to undergraduate students and outstanding support to a faculty engaged in teaching and research. The College brings a diverse group of distinguished faculty members and exceptional students together in a residential setting conducive to personal and intellectual development; it encoursges faculty to contribute to their disciplines and to society through scholarship, performance or professional work. Amherst promotes breadth of study for all students through its advising system and depth through its departmental majors. An Amherst educatioin fosters critical thought and creative achievement in the sciences, arts and humanities by emphasizing close interaction between faculty and students and by offering vigorous support for independent research.
Address:
Boltwood Avenue
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
Phone:
General: (413) 542-2000
Admissions: (413) 542-2328
Financial aid: (413) 542-2296
Degrees offered:
African-American/Black StudiesClassification:
Type: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Highest degree offered: Bachelors
Carnegie class: Baccalaureate Colleges--Liberal Arts
These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. They award at least half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields.
Enrollment Information:
| Total enrollment: | 1640 | ||
| Total undergraduate: | 1640 | ||
| Total graduate: | 0 | ||
| Total professional: | 0 | ||
| Total full-time: | 1640 | ||
| Full-time undergraduate: | 1640 | ||
| Full-time graduate: | 0 | ||
| Full-time professional: | 0 | ||
| Total part-time: | 0 | ||
| Part-time undergraduate: | 0 | ||
| Part-time graduate: | 0 | ||
| Part-time professional: | 0 | ||
| Men total: | 852 | ||
| Women total: | 788 | ||
| Nonresident alien: | 101 | (06.16%) | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | (00.24%) | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander: | 212 | (12.93%) | |
| Black non-Hispanic: | 148 | (09.02%) | |
| Hispanic: | 116 | (07.07%) | |
| White non-Hispanic: | 761 | (46.40%) | |
| Race/ethnicity unknown: | 298 | (18.17%) |
