Amherst College

Amherst College is located in Massachusetts and is part of the Five Colleges. Amherst College is an undergraduate liberal arts college. It offers Bachelor’s Degrees in over thirty majors. These fields of study are American Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, Art and the History of Art, Asian Languages and Civilizations, Astronomy, Biology, Black Studies, Chemistry, Classics, Computer Science, Creative Writing Center, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, European Studies, Film and Video Arts, First Year Seminars, French, Geology, German, History, Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Russian, Spanish, Special Seminars, Theater and Dance, and Women’s and Gender Studies. Students attending Amherst also have the chance to study abroad. They may travel to such countries as India, Ghana, Costa Rica, France, and Egypt. Students also have the chance to earn financial aid. Students may earn financial aid in the form of Student Loans, Scholarships, Grants, and several others. Students attending Amherst College have a wide range of fields in which they may study, locations they may study in through the study abroad program, and chances to earn various types of financial aid.