Postsecondary Institution
Amherst College
Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, MA, 01002-5000
IDSCU ID: PS-4800Type: CollegeStatus: ActiveData captured: 8 Sept 2026
Overview
Amherst College is a postsecondary education institution in Amherst Center, United States.
Institution information
- Institution type
- College
- Operating status
- Active
- Ownership
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1821
- Founded information
- Established in 1821.
Qualifications & fields
- Primary pathway
- Higher Education
- Education pathways
- Higher Education
- Qualification levels
- Bachelor
- Fields of study
- Natural Resources and Conservation
- Architecture and Related Services
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
- Education
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Legal Professions and Studies
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Physical Sciences
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Visual and Performing Arts
- History
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- Delivery modes
- On-campus
- Study loads
- Full-time
- Awarding bodies
- Amherst College
Campuses & admissions
- Address
- Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, MA, 01002-5000
- Latitude
- 42.37537
- Longitude
- -72.51925
- Campuses
- Name: Amherst Center location · City: Amherst Center · Relationship: Principal location in the source registry
- Admissions
- Open official page
- International admissions
- The official admissions website provides guidance for international applicants.
- Accommodation
- On-campus room and board costs are reported to IPEDS.
- Student support
- Financial aid information
- Disability support services
- Veteran and military student resources
- Academic advising
- Practical learning
- Official programme information includes internships.
Record information
- IDSCU record ID
- PS-4800
- Education sector
- Postsecondary Institution
- Country code
- US
- Data captured
- 8 Sept 2026
- Data release
- 20260908T071051Z
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