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Amherst College

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Amherst, MA
4
Year or above
Control of institution (IPEDS)
Private not-for-profit
1,745
Students (Fall 2020)
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2021 Carnegie Classifications

Basic

Baccalaureate Colleges:
Arts & Sciences Focus

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Not Classified

UNDERGRADUATE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM

Arts & sciences focus, no graduate coexistence

GRADUATE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM

Not classified (Exclusively Undergraduate)

ENROLLMENT PROFILE

Exclusively undergraduate four-year

UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE

Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in

SIZE AND SETTING

Four-year, small, highly residential

Note: The classifications and institutional information provided on this page and used throughout the site reflect data from 2019 to 2020. Specifically, enrollment and institutional characteristics information is from Fall 2020 and degree completions from academic year 2019-20.