Editing Amherst College (section)

==Admissions==
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2022<!-- Comparison year is automatically set to five years prior -->
|ref               = <ref name="CDS 2022">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2022 |url=https://www.amherst.edu/about/facts/common_data_sets/2022 |publisher=Amherst College |access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>
|change ref        = <ref name="CDS 2017">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2017 |url=https://www.amherst.edu/about/facts/common_data_sets/2017 |publisher=Amherst College |access-date=26 September 2023 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926020542/https://www.amherst.edu/about/facts/common_data_sets/2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|admit rate        = 7.2%
|admit rate change = -5.7
|yield rate        = 43%
|yield rate change = +4

|test optional   = recent
|SAT EBRW        = 700–760<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT EBRW change = 
|SAT Math        = 720–790<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT Math change = 
|ACT             = 32–35<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|ACT change      = 

|top decile         = 90%
|top decile change  = +7
|top quarter        = 96%
|top quarter change = +2
|top half           = 100%
|top half change    = 0
}}

''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' classifies Amherst as being "most selective" of liberal arts colleges in the United States;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=National Liberal Arts College Rankings |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/data/sort+r_c_accept_rate/sortdir+asc |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=May 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509133121/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/data/sort+r_c_accept_rate/sortdir+asc |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|Carnegie Foundation]] classifies Amherst as one of the "more selective" institutions whose first-year students' test scores places these institutions in roughly the top fifth of [[Baccalaureate college|baccalaureate institutions]].<ref name="Carnegie Foundation">{{cite web |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=164465 |title=More Selective Institution – Amherst College |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002545/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=164465 |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the class first enrolled in fall 2021, Amherst received 13,999 applications and accepted 1,224 (an 8.7% acceptance rate). 514 students ultimately enrolled; 91% were in the top 10% of their high school classes, and the middle 50% scored between 1440 and 1540 on the SAT and between 32 and 35 on the ACT. 38 states and 23 countries were reflected among the first-year class, 55% received financial aid and 11% were first-generation college students. In addition, 16 transfer students enrolled.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zhang|first1=Jingwen|title=Class of 2021 Arrives for Orientation Week|url=http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/?q=article/2017/09/01/class-2021-arrives-orientation-week|newspaper=The Amherst Student|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927123009/http://amherststudent.amherst.edu/?q=article%2F2017%2F09%2F01%2Fclass-2021-arrives-orientation-week|archive-date=September 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite its high cost of attendance – comprehensive tuition, room, and board fee for the 2022–23 academic year was $80,250<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuition, Fees & Other Costs {{!}} Amherst College |url=https://www.amherst.edu/tuition |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706055638/https://www.amherst.edu/tuition |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=www.amherst.edu}}</ref> – Amherst College meets the full demonstrated need of every admitted student.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.amherst.edu/admission/financial_aid|title = Financial Aid & Costs: Can I Afford Amherst|access-date = April 14, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100527194102/https://www.amherst.edu/admission/financial_aid|archive-date = May 27, 2010|url-status = live}}</ref> Sixty percent of current students receive scholarship aid, and the average financial aid package award amounts to $62,071; college expenditures are approximately $109,000 per student each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Common Data Set 2021 – Financial Aid |url=https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/H%2520Financial%2520Aid_5.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731022840/https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/H%20Financial%20Aid_5.pdf |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |access-date=August 1, 2022 |publisher=Amherst College}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} First-Year & Transfer Students {{!}} Amherst College |url=https://www.amherst.edu/offices/financialaid/firstyear_transfer/faq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801190439/https://www.amherst.edu/offices/financialaid/firstyear_transfer/faq |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |access-date=August 1, 2022 |publisher=Amherst College}}</ref>

In July 2007, Amherst announced that grants would replace loans in all financial aid packages beginning in the 2008–09 academic year. Amherst had already been the first school to eliminate loans for low-income students, and with this announcement it joined [[Princeton University]], [[Cornell University]] and [[Davidson College]], then the only colleges to eliminate loans from need-based financial aid packages. Increased rates of admission of highly qualified lower income students has resulted in greater equality of opportunity at Amherst than is usual at elite American colleges.<ref name="NYT2">{{cite news|last=Leonhardt |first=David |title=Top Colleges, Largely for the Elite |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/business/economy/25leonhardt.html |access-date=May 25, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 24, 2011 |quote=The result of these changes is that Amherst has a much higher share of low-income students than almost any other elite college. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527020916/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/business/economy/25leonhardt.html |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2008–2009 academic year, Amherst College also extended its need-blind admission policy to international applicants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2008/04/node/44842|title=Amherst College to Extend Need-Blind Admission Policy to International Students |website=Amherst College|access-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411084752/https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2008/04/node/44842|archive-date=April 11, 2016|url-status=live |date=April 9, 2008}}</ref> In 2021, it also eliminated [[Legacy admission|preferences for students whose parents are alumni ("legacies")]].<ref name="legacy" />