International

Amherst
Amherst, at a glance

1,800 Students
1821 Founded

10%International
7%
Dual-citizenship
84%
Classes with fewer than
students students 30 students

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Asia: 43%
Africa: 19%
Europe: 17%
Central/South America and Caribbean: 12% Student-faculty
Canada: 6% ratio: 8:1
Middle East: 3%
Amherst students
who take

56 30+ a Five College course: 50%

Countries represented Languages spoken

40%
98%Students who
Students graduating
last year
with more than
one major
live on campus

International
40%+
150+
students
who graduate Students who
having study abroad
Student completed a
organizations senior thesis: 43%
 40Majors
850+
Courses at Amherst
6,000+
in Five College Consortium
plus Interdisciplinary
Studies and Independent
Scholar Programs FIVE COLLEGE CONSORTIUM CERTIFICATES
↓ African Studies Logic
American Studies Asian/Pacific/American Studies Middle Eastern Studies
Anthropology & Sociology Buddhist Studies Native American
Architectural Studies Coastal and Marine Sciences and Indigenous Studies
Art & the History of Art Culture, Health and Science Queer and Sexuality Studies
Asian Languages & Russian, East European
Ethnomusicology
Civilizations and Eurasian Studies
Biochemistry and International Relations
Sustainability Studies
Biophysics Latin American, Caribbean
Biology and Latino Studies
Black Studies The consortium also has four centers for specialized study: Crossroads in the
Chemistry Study of the Americas, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Center for the
Classical Civilizations Study of World Languages and the Women’s Studies Research Center.
Classics
Computer Science
College students within a 16-kilometer radius: 30,000
Economics
English
Environmental Studies
ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL AID POLICY: SAT/ACT scores for
European Studies
mid-50% of Class
Film & Media Studies NEED-BLIND
of 2021 admitted
French for all applicants, domestic and international students: 730–790

100%
Geology (each section)
German / 32–35
Greek
Minimum language-
History proficiency
Latin of demonstrated need met; no loans required requirements:
Latinx & Latin TOEFL: 100
American Studies IELTS: 7.5
Law, Jurisprudence
& Social Thought Required
Mathematics & Statistics standardized
test results:
Music
SAT (Essay
Neuroscience recommended)
Philosophy or
Physics and Astronomy ACT (Writing Test
Political Science International students on aid last year: 88% recommended)
Psychology

$62,022 13%
Religion
Russian
Sexuality, Women’s
& Gender Studies
Spanish Average international financial aid award Admission rate
Theater & Dance for 2017–2018 for Class of 2021
Discover what makes Amherst
distinctive
OPEN CURRICULUM
Amherst College offers an open curriculum:
there are no distribution requirements, so our
students can focus on the courses that are
most interesting to them. This allows each
student, in consultation with faculty advisors,
to chart an individualized program from
among the more than 850 courses offered
at Amherst.
FIVE COLLEGE CONSORTIUM
Amherst is a member of the Five College
Consortium, along with nearby Smith,
Mount Holyoke and Hampshire Colleges and
the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Students may take courses at any of the
Five Colleges, and the schools’ proximity
(within a 10-mile/16-kilometer radius) adds
to Amherst’s rich academic, social and
extracurricular life.
DIVERSITY
Amherst is among the country’s most diverse
colleges. Our 1,800 bright, ambitious, high-
spirited students come from all walks of life,
from almost every U.S. state and 56 countries.
A full 45 percent of our U.S. students identify
as coming from traditionally underrepresented
racial/ethnic groups. About 10 percent of our
students are international.
Need-Blind Admission and
Need-Based Financial Aid
Amherst is one of only a handful of U.S.
institutions (and the only liberal arts college)
committed to need-blind evaluation of ALL
applicants, domestic and international. That
means that your need for financial aid will not
negatively affect your chances of admission.
• Amherst follows a need-based financial aid
policy. All financial aid is awarded on the
basis of demonstrated financial need; we do
not award merit or athletic scholarships.
• Amherst provides financial aid to meet
100 percent of your family’s demonstrated
financial need. If you are admitted—based
on your merit and accomplishments—
Amherst will review your family’s financial
circumstances and use a “need analysis”
formula to determine what you and your
family can afford to pay (called your “family
contribution”). Amherst subtracts your
family contribution from our total cost of
attendance (tuition, room, board, travel,
health insurance, personal expenses, etc.)
to find your family’s demonstrated financial
need.
• Amherst provides no-loan financial aid
packages; student loans have been replaced
by additional scholarship funds. In 2017–
2018, our average financial aid award for
international students was $62,022 per year,
and 88 percent of our current international
students received need-based aid.
 ELIJAH KOOME
Maua, Kenya
English and
Black Studies

JUAN GUARACAO DANIELLA BENNETT

Bogota,Colombia London, United Kingdom
Mathematics Math and French

“Internationalization
is vitally important
to Amherst. Our
programs prepare
NAYEREH DOOSTI
Shiraz, Iran
students for the
Asian Languages & Civilizations realities of global
interdependence.”
and English
KIERAN BELLEW
Invercargill, New Zealand
Computer Science and
BIDDY MARTIN Asian Civilizations &
President of Amherst College Languages

JADE LOH YUANZHE LIU

Singapore, Singapore Wuhan, China
Political Science and History and
Art History Mathematics
TRISHA IYENGAR
Mumbai, India
Economics, Five
College International
Relations Certificate
Where does an Amherst education lead you?
95% of Amherst graduates in the Class of 2017 were either employed, attending graduate/professional
school, or participating in fellowship or service programs within six months of graduation.

80% of Amherst alumni report attending graduate or professional schools within five years of graduation.

Employment by Industry—Class of 2017 Sampling of graduate/professional schools

(within six months of graduation) attended by Class of 2017
Finance 24% Boston University Stanford University
Brown University University of Chicago
Education 17%
Professions
Columbia University University of Pennsylvania
Business &
Consulting 13% Cornell University University of Michigan
Science &
12% Harvard University University of Virginia
Technology
Health
Professions 12%
Arts &
Communications 10%
Government
To learn more, please visit www.amherst.edu
7%
& Non-Profit
or email us at admission@amherst.edu
Law 3%

Countries and regions of students currently enrolled

Albania Ghana Italy Japan New Zealand Taiwan
Azerbaijan Greece Jamaica Kenya Nigeria Tajikistan
Bangladesh Guatemala Latvia Pakistan Tanzania
Brazil India ME Lebanon Peru Thailand
Canada Indonesia Macedonia Romania Trinidad
Chile Iran
VT
Mauritius Russia and Tobago
NH
China NY Mexico Rwanda Tunisia
Colombia Amherst College
MA Moldova Serbia Turkey
Croatia CT
RI
Mongolia Singapore Ukraine
Ecuador PA Montenegro Slovenia United
El Salvador Morocco South Korea Kingdom
NJ

Ethiopia Nepal Syria Venezuela

Vietnam
Zimbabwe
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Located in scenic western
Massachusetts, Amherst College
is one of the premier, highly
selective liberal arts colleges in
the United States.