Student Body
- Enrollment: 1,970 students from 48 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and 66 countries
- Demographics: 51% women, 49% men; 98% live on campus
- U.S. students who self-identify as students of color: 49%
- International students in the student body: 10%
- Undergraduates in the Five College Consortium (which includes Amherst and four nearby schools—Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges and the University of Massachusetts): 31,000
Academics
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 7:1
- Full-time instructional faculty: 209
- Average class size: 19
- Classes with fewer than 30 students: 84%
- Fields of study: 42 majors in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences
- Number of courses at Amherst: More than 850, with more than 6,000 available through the Five College Consortium
- Amherst students who study abroad during a typical year: 45%+
- Students who graduate within six years: 92%
